title: Coronaviruses in South African bats.
abstract: Recent studies in several African countries have provided the first evidence for the presence of coronaviruses in African bats. Here we describe, for the first time, the detection of RNA of 3 unique coronavirus species in the tissues of South African bats.
authors.affiliation: University of Pretoria, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Pretoria, South Africa.
authors.forename: Marike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Geldenhuys
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weyer
authors.forename: Louis H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Nel
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Markotter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017423:Sequence Analysis, RNA; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral