| genomic characterization of severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus in european bats and classification of coronaviruses based on partial rna-dependent rna polymerase gene sequences. | bats may host emerging viruses, including coronaviruses (cov). we conducted an evaluation of cov in rhinolophid and vespertilionid bat species common in europe. rhinolophids carried severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars)-related cov at high frequencies and concentrations (26% of animals are positive; up to 2.4×10(8) copies per gram of feces), as well as two alphacoronavirus clades, one novel and one related to the hku2 clade. all three clades present in miniopterus bats in china (hku7, hku8, a ... | 2010 | 20686038 |
| host and viral traits predict zoonotic spillover from mammals. | the majority of human emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, with viruses that originate in wild mammals of particular concern (for example, hiv, ebola and sars). understanding patterns of viral diversity in wildlife and determinants of successful cross-species transmission, or spillover, are therefore key goals for pandemic surveillance programs. however, few analytical tools exist to identify which host species are likely to harbour the next human virus, or which viruses can cross species ... | 2017 | 28636590 |