No coronavirus was detected by PCR in lung and intestine samples of 100 bats, mostly common pipistrelles (Pipistrellus pipistrellus), collected dead between 2008 and 2013 for rabies surveillance in Belgium. The negative results contrast with the high prevalence of coronaviruses detected in fecal pellets from live-captured bats in some European countries.
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1 October 2014
No Evidence of Coronavirus Infection by Reverse Transcriptase-PCR in Bats in Belgium
Steven Van Gucht,
Florence Nazé,
Karim El Kadaani,
Danielle Bauwens,
Aurélie Francart,
Bernard Brochier,
Françoise Wuillaume,
Isabelle Thomas
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 50 • No. 4
October 2014
Vol. 50 • No. 4
October 2014