Tong Suxiang, Conrardy Christina, Ruone Susan, Kuzmin Ivan V, Guo Xiling, Tao Ying, Niezgoda Michael, Haynes Lia, Agwanda Bernard, Breiman Robert F, Anderson Larry J, Rupprecht Charles E
Gastroenteritis and Respiratory Virus Laboratory Branch, Division of Viral Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Mar;15(3):482-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1503.081013.
Diverse coronaviruses have been identified in bats from several continents but not from Africa. We identified group 1 and 2 coronaviruses in bats in Kenya, including SARS-related coronaviruses. The sequence diversity suggests that bats are well-established reservoirs for and likely sources of coronaviruses for many species, including humans.
在几大洲的蝙蝠中都发现了多种冠状病毒，但在非洲蝙蝠中未发现。我们在肯尼亚的蝙蝠中鉴定出了第1组和第2组冠状病毒，包括与严重急性呼吸综合征（SARS）相关的冠状病毒。序列多样性表明，蝙蝠是包括人类在内的许多物种的冠状病毒的成熟宿主和可能来源。
