Bat-Origin Coronaviruses Expand Their Host Range to Pigs

• Autores: Liang Wang, George F. Gao, Shuo Su -, Yuhai Bi, Gary Wong
• Localización: Trends in microbiology, ISSN 0966-842X, Vol. 26, Nº. 6, 2018, págs. 466-470
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Infections with bat-origin coronaviruses have caused severe illness in humans by ‘host jump’. Recently, novel bat-origin coronaviruses were found in pigs. The large number of mutations on the receptor-binding domain allowed the viruses to infect the new host, posing a potential threat to both agriculture and public health.