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Emerg Infect Dis
; 25(2): 333-337, 2019 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30666923
ABSTRACT
Screening of 533 bats for influenza A viruses showed subtype HL18NL11 in intestines of 2 great fruit-eating bats (Artibeus lituratus). High concentrations suggested fecal shedding. Genomic characterizations revealed conservation of viral genes across different host species, countries, and sampling years, suggesting a conserved cellular receptor and wide-ranging occurrence of bat influenza A viruses.
