Isolation of MERS-related coronavirus from lesser bamboo bats that uses DPP4 and infects human-DPP4-transgenic mice
oleh: Susanna K. P. Lau, Rachel Y. Y. Fan, Longchao Zhu, Kenneth S. M. Li, Antonio C. P. Wong, Hayes K. H. Luk, Emily Y. M. Wong, Carol S. F. Lam, George C. S. Lo, Joshua Fung, Zirong He, Felix C. H. Fok, Rex K. H. Au-Yeung, Libiao Zhang, Kin-Hang Kok, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Patrick C. Y. Woo
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2021-01-01 |
Deskripsi
Several human coronaviruses (CoV) have been proposed to emerge from bats but evidence of direct bat-to-human transmission is slim. In this work, the authors isolate a MERS-related CoV strain directly from bats and show that it infects target cells in vitro and engineered mice through the human DDP4 receptor.