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- Title
Isolation and characterization of viruses related to the SARS coronavirus from animals in southern China.
- Authors
Guan, Y; Zheng, B J; He, Y Q; Liu, X L; Zhuang, Z X; Cheung, C L; Luo, S W; Li, P H; Zhang, L J; Guan, Y J; Butt, K M; Wong, K L; Chan, K W; Lim, W; Shortridge, K F; Yuen, K Y; Peiris, J S M; Poon, L L M
- Abstract
A novel coronavirus (SCoV) is the etiological agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). SCoV-like viruses were isolated from Himalayan palm civets found in a live-animal market in Guangdong, China. Evidence of virus infection was also detected in other animals (including a raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides) and in humans working at the same market. All the animal isolates retain a 29-nucleotide sequence that is not found in most human isolates. The detection of SCoV-like viruses in small, live wild mammals in a retail market indicates a route of interspecies transmission, although the natural reservoir is not known.
- Publication
Science (New York, N.Y.), 2003, Vol 302, Issue 5643, p276
- ISSN
1095-9203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1126/science.1087139