Sex Bias in Sample Collections From Bats, the Culprit of SARS Coronavirus, SARS-Coronavirus-2, and Other Emerging Viruses

doi:10.1097/IM9.0000000000000036

. 2020 Oct 6;2(4):173-174.

doi: 10.1097/IM9.0000000000000036. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Sex Bias in Sample Collections From Bats, the Culprit of SARS Coronavirus, SARS-Coronavirus-2, and Other Emerging Viruses

Susanna K P Lau^{1

2

3}, Zirong He¹, Ken P K Lin¹, Patrick C Y Woo^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
² State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
³ Collaborative Innovation Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

PMID: 38630082
PMCID: PMC7769062
DOI: 10.1097/IM9.0000000000000036

Sex Bias in Sample Collections From Bats, the Culprit of SARS Coronavirus, SARS-Coronavirus-2, and Other Emerging Viruses

Susanna K P Lau et al. Infect Microbes Dis. 2020.

. 2020 Oct 6;2(4):173-174.

doi: 10.1097/IM9.0000000000000036. eCollection 2020 Dec.

Authors

Susanna K P Lau^{1

2

3}, Zirong He¹, Ken P K Lin¹, Patrick C Y Woo^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
² State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
³ Collaborative Innovation Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

PMID: 38630082
PMCID: PMC7769062
DOI: 10.1097/IM9.0000000000000036

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Keywords: bat; bias; sample; sex.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of interest: Patrick C.Y. Woo has provided scientific advisory/laboratory service for Gilead Sciences, Inc., International Health Management Associates, Inc./Pfizer, Inc., and Merck & Co, Inc. All other authors have no potential competing interest.

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**Figure 1**
A: Sex distribution of 8665 bat samples collected in Hong Kong from 2005 to 2018. B: Kernal density plots showing the percentage female specimens in bats. Only species with at least 20 specimens are included. The dashed line represents 50% female specimens.

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