| Literature DB >> 12958366 |
Y Guan1, B J Zheng, Y Q He, X L Liu, Z X Zhuang, C L Cheung, S W Luo, P H Li, L J Zhang, Y J Guan, K M Butt, K L Wong, K W Chan, W Lim, K F Shortridge, K Y Yuen, J S M Peiris, L L M Poon.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 12958366 DOI： 10.1126/science.1087139
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728