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. 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 He  1 , Ken P K Lin  1 , Patrick C Y Woo  1   2   3
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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. .
No abstract available

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.

Figures

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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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