| detection of the severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus and alphacoronavirus in the bat population of taiwan. | bats have been demonstrated to be natural reservoirs of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (sars cov) and middle east respiratory syndrome (mers) cov. faecal samples from 248 individuals of 20 bat species were tested for partial rna-dependent rna polymerase gene of cov and 57 faecal samples from eight bat species were tested positive. the highest detection rate of 44% for scotophilus kuhlii, followed by 30% for rhinolophus monoceros. significantly higher detection rates of coronaviral ... | 2016 | 27178103 |