Ecological surveillance of bat coronaviruses in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

• Main Authors: Cheng Siang, Tan, Vaenessa, Noni, Jaya Seelan, Sathiya Seelan, Azroie, Denel, Faisal Ali, Anwarali Khan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Biomed Central 2021
• Subjects: QL Zoology; QR355 Virology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/37420/1/coronavirus1.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/37420/; https://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/; https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-021-05880-6
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Objective: Coronaviruses (CoVs) are natural commensals of bats. Two subgenera, namely Sarbecoviruses and Merbecoviruses have a high zoonotic potential and have been associated with three separate spillover events in the past 2 decades, making surveillance of bat-CoVs crucial for the prevention of...