Alphacoronaviruses found to be common in bats in the upper Midwestern United States - News-Medical.Net

Alphacoronaviruses found to be common in bats in the upper Midwestern United States - News-Medical.Net
In a new study, researchers used a pan-coronavirus PCR to screen bats submitted for rabies testing owing to human exposure in order to find potentially novel bat CoVs that may represent a concern to people.
Coronaviruses (CoVs) are enveloped, positive-sense RNA viruses, belonging to the Nidovirales order's Coronaviridae family. CoVs are members of the Riboviria family of viruses, which use RNA-dependent… [+5329 chars] Read More



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