Reproduction of East-African bats may guide risk mitigation for coronavirus spillover

• Main Authors: Diego Montecino-Latorre (Author), Tracey Goldstein (Author), Kirsten Gilardi (Author), David Wolking (Author), Elizabeth Van Wormer (Author), Rudovick Kazwala (Author), Benard Ssebide (Author), Julius Nziza (Author), Zikankuba Sijali (Author), Michael Cranfield (Author), PREDICT Consortium (Author), Jonna A. K. Mazet (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Bats provide important ecosystem services; however, current evidence supports that they host several zoonotic viruses, including species of the Coronaviridae family. If bats in close interaction with humans host and shed coronaviruses with zoonotic potential, such as the Severe A...