Viruses and Bats

doi:10.3390/v11100884

Editorial

. 2019 Sep 21;11(10):884.

doi: 10.3390/v11100884.

Viruses and Bats

Patrick C Y Woo^{1

2

3}, Susanna K P Lau^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. pcywoo@hku.hk.
² State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. pcywoo@hku.hk.
³ Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. pcywoo@hku.hk.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. skplau@hku.hk.
⁵ State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. skplau@hku.hk.
⁶ Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. skplau@hku.hk.

PMID: 31546572
PMCID: PMC6832948
DOI: 10.3390/v11100884

Editorial

Viruses and Bats

Patrick C Y Woo et al. Viruses. 2019.

. 2019 Sep 21;11(10):884.

doi: 10.3390/v11100884.

Authors

Patrick C Y Woo^{1

2

3}, Susanna K P Lau^{4

5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. pcywoo@hku.hk.
² State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. pcywoo@hku.hk.
³ Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. pcywoo@hku.hk.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. skplau@hku.hk.
⁵ State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. skplau@hku.hk.
⁶ Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. skplau@hku.hk.

PMID: 31546572
PMCID: PMC6832948
DOI: 10.3390/v11100884

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1. Lau S.K., Woo P.C., Li K.S., Huang Y., Tsoi H.W., Wong B.H., Wong S.S., Leung S.Y., Chan K.H., Yuen K.Y. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-like virus in Chinese horseshoe bats. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2005;102:14040–14045. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0506735102. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Li W., Shi Z., Yu M., Ren W., Smith C., Epstein J.H., Wang H., Crameri G., Hu Z., Zhang H., et al. Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses. Science. 2005;310:676–679. doi: 10.1126/science.1118391. - DOI - PubMed
1. Corman V.M., Ithete N.L., Richards L.R., Schoeman M.C., Preiser W., Drosten C., Drexler J.F. Rooting the Phylogenetic Tree of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus by Characterization of a Conspecific Virus from an African Bat. J. Virol. 2014;88:11297–11303. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01498-14. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Lau S.K., Woo P.C., Li K.S., Huang Y., Wang M., Lam C.S., Xu H., Guo R., Chan K.H., Zheng B.J., et al. Complete genome sequence of bat coronavirus HKU2 from Chinese horseshoe bats revealed a much smaller spike gene with a different evolutionary lineage from the rest of the genome. Virology. 2007;367:428–439. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.06.009. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Lau S.K.P., Li K.S.M., Huang Y., Shek C.T., Tse H., Wang M., Choi G.K.Y., Xu H., Lam C.S.F., Guo R., et al. Ecoepidemiology and Complete Genome Comparison of Different Strains of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Related Rhinolophus Bat Coronavirus in China Reveal Bats as a Reservoir for Acute, Self-Limiting Infection That Allows Recombination Events. J. Virol. 2010;84:2808–2819. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02219-09. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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[1] Lau S.K., Woo P.C., Li K.S., Huang Y., Tsoi H.W., Wong B.H., Wong S.S., Leung S.Y., Chan K.H., Yuen K.Y. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-like virus in Chinese horseshoe bats. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2005;102:14040–14045. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0506735102. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] Lau S.K., Woo P.C., Li K.S., Huang Y., Tsoi H.W., Wong B.H., Wong S.S., Leung S.Y., Chan K.H., Yuen K.Y. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-like virus in Chinese horseshoe bats. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2005;102:14040–14045. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0506735102. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Li W., Shi Z., Yu M., Ren W., Smith C., Epstein J.H., Wang H., Crameri G., Hu Z., Zhang H., et al. Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses. Science. 2005;310:676–679. doi: 10.1126/science.1118391. - DOI - PubMed

[4] Li W., Shi Z., Yu M., Ren W., Smith C., Epstein J.H., Wang H., Crameri G., Hu Z., Zhang H., et al. Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses. Science. 2005;310:676–679. doi: 10.1126/science.1118391. - DOI - PubMed

[5] Corman V.M., Ithete N.L., Richards L.R., Schoeman M.C., Preiser W., Drosten C., Drexler J.F. Rooting the Phylogenetic Tree of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus by Characterization of a Conspecific Virus from an African Bat. J. Virol. 2014;88:11297–11303. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01498-14. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[6] Corman V.M., Ithete N.L., Richards L.R., Schoeman M.C., Preiser W., Drosten C., Drexler J.F. Rooting the Phylogenetic Tree of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus by Characterization of a Conspecific Virus from an African Bat. J. Virol. 2014;88:11297–11303. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01498-14. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[7] Lau S.K., Woo P.C., Li K.S., Huang Y., Wang M., Lam C.S., Xu H., Guo R., Chan K.H., Zheng B.J., et al. Complete genome sequence of bat coronavirus HKU2 from Chinese horseshoe bats revealed a much smaller spike gene with a different evolutionary lineage from the rest of the genome. Virology. 2007;367:428–439. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.06.009. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] Lau S.K., Woo P.C., Li K.S., Huang Y., Wang M., Lam C.S., Xu H., Guo R., Chan K.H., Zheng B.J., et al. Complete genome sequence of bat coronavirus HKU2 from Chinese horseshoe bats revealed a much smaller spike gene with a different evolutionary lineage from the rest of the genome. Virology. 2007;367:428–439. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.06.009. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Lau S.K.P., Li K.S.M., Huang Y., Shek C.T., Tse H., Wang M., Choi G.K.Y., Xu H., Lam C.S.F., Guo R., et al. Ecoepidemiology and Complete Genome Comparison of Different Strains of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Related Rhinolophus Bat Coronavirus in China Reveal Bats as a Reservoir for Acute, Self-Limiting Infection That Allows Recombination Events. J. Virol. 2010;84:2808–2819. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02219-09. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Lau S.K.P., Li K.S.M., Huang Y., Shek C.T., Tse H., Wang M., Choi G.K.Y., Xu H., Lam C.S.F., Guo R., et al. Ecoepidemiology and Complete Genome Comparison of Different Strains of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Related Rhinolophus Bat Coronavirus in China Reveal Bats as a Reservoir for Acute, Self-Limiting Infection That Allows Recombination Events. J. Virol. 2010;84:2808–2819. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02219-09. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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