First coronavirus similar to MERS discovered in bats in South America

A collaboration between researchers in the Brazilian states of São Paulo and Ceará and colleagues affiliated with Hong Kong University (HKU) in China has resulted in the discovery of a novel coronavirus in bats, the first in South America closely related to the virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS-CoV).

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