Isolation and Characterization of Viruses Related to the SARS Coronavirus from Animals in Southern China | Zendy

Yi Guan | Zendy; Bingxue Zheng | Zendy; Yuxian He | Zendy; X. L. Liu | Zendy; Zhen Zhuang | Zendy; Y. M. Cheung | Zendy; Shangshang Luo | Zendy; Philip H. Li | Zendy; L. J. Zhang | Zendy; Yuntao Guan | Zendy; K. M. Butt | Zendy; K L Wong | Zendy; KH Chan | Zendy; W. Lim | Zendy; K. F. Shortridge | Zendy; KwokYung Yuen | Zendy; Malik Peiris | Zendy; Leo L. M. Poon | Zendy

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Isolation and Characterization of Viruses Related to the SARS Coronavirus from Animals in Southern China

Author(s) -

Yi Guan,

Bingxue Zheng,

Yuxian He,

X. L. Liu,

Zhen Zhuang,

Y. M. Cheung,

Shangshang Luo,

Philip H. Li,

L. J. Zhang,

Yuntao Guan,

K. M. Butt,

K L Wong,

KH Chan,

W. Lim,

K. F. Shortridge,

KwokYung Yuen,

Malik Peiris,

Leo L. M. Poon

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556

H-Index - 1186

eISSN - 1095-9203

pISSN - 0036-8075

DOI - 10.1126/science.1087139

Subject(s) - biology , virology , coronavirus , raccoon dogs , isolation (microbiology) , covid-19 , transmission (telecommunications) , virus , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , medicine , pathology , electrical engineering , engineering

A novel coronavirus (SCoV) is the etiological agent of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). SCoV-like viruses were isolated from Himalayan palm civets found in a live-animal market in Guangdong, China. Evidence of virus infection was also detected in other animals (including a raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides) and in humans working at the same market. All the animal isolates retain a 29-nucleotide sequence that is not found in most human isolates. The detection of SCoV-like viruses in small, live wild mammals in a retail market indicates a route of interspecies transmission, although the natural reservoir is not known.

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