Coronavirus Antibodies in African Bat Species
Open Access
- 1 September 2007
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 13 (9) , 1367-1370
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1309.070342
Abstract
Asian bats have been identified as potential reservoir hosts of coronaviruses associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV). We detected antibody reactive with SARS-CoV antigen in 47 (6.7%) of 705 bat serum specimens comprising 26 species collected in Africa; thus, African bats may harbor agents related to putative group 4 CoV.Keywords
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