Fatal swine acute diarrhoea syndrome caused by an HKU2-related coronavirus of bat origin
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Nature
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Publication Date
- Apr 04, 2018
- Volume
- 556
- Issue
- 7700
- Pages
- 255–258
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0010-9
- Source
- Springer Nature
- License
- Yellow
Abstract
Analysis of viral samples from deceased piglets shows that a bat coronavirus was responsible for an outbreak of fatal disease in China and highlights the importance of the identification of coronavirus diversity and distribution in bats in order to mitigate future outbreaks of disease.