Novel highly divergent sapoviruses detected by metagenomics analysis in straw-colored fruit bats in Cameroon<subtitle>Divergent bat sapoviruses</subtitle>

Sapoviruses (SaVs) belong to the Sapovirus genus, in the family Caliciviridae. They have been associated with gastroenteritis in humans and in pigs but not in other animals. In addition, some strains from pigs, chimpanzees and rodents show close sequence identity with human SaVs thereby suggesting t...

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Main Authors: Claude Kwe Yinda, Nádia Conceição-Neto, Mark Zeller, Elisabeth Heylen, Piet Maes, Stephen Mbigha Ghogomu, Marc Van Ranst, Jelle Matthijnssens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1038/emi.2017.20