Evidence for SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses circulating in bats and pangolins in Southeast Asia

A bat origin for SARS-CoV-2 has been proposed. Here, by sampling wild Rhinolophus acuminatus bats from Thailand, the authors identified a SARS-CoV-2-related coronavirus (SC2r-CoV), designated as RacCS203, with 91.5% genome similarity to SARS-CoV-2, and show that sera obtained from bats and Malayan p...

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Main Authors: Supaporn Wacharapluesadee, Chee Wah Tan, Patarapol Maneeorn, Prateep Duengkae, Feng Zhu, Yutthana Joyjinda, Thongchai Kaewpom, Wan Ni Chia, Weenassarin Ampoot, Beng Lee Lim, Kanthita Worachotsueptrakun, Vivian Chih-Wei Chen, Nutthinee Sirichan, Chanida Ruchisrisarod, Apaporn Rodpan, Kirana Noradechanon, Thanawadee Phaichana, Niran Jantarat, Boonchu Thongnumchaima, Changchun Tu, Gary Crameri, Martha M. Stokes, Thiravat Hemachudha, Lin-Fa Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21240-1