Detection and characterization of coronaviruses from African bat species

The severe acute respiratory disease syndrome or SARS epidemic emerged in Hong Kong, China, in 2002 with a mortality rate of 15%. The etiological agent for SARS was identified to be a previously unrecognized coronavirus (SARS-CoV) which was found to be zoonotic in origin. A possible reservoir for...

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Main Author: Geldenhuys, Marike
Other Authors: Markotter, Wanda
Published: University of Pretoria 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30925
Geldenhuys, M 2012, Detection and characterization of coronaviruses from African bat species, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30925>
http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06202013-153414/