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Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Jul;26(7):1610-1612.
doi: 10.3201/eid2607.200093.
Detection and Characterization of New Coronavirus in Bottlenose Dolphin, United States, 2019
Leyi Wang, Carol Maddox, Karen Terio, Saraswathi Lanka, Richard Fredrickson, Brittany Novick, Celeste Parry, Abby McClain, Kyle Ross
- PMID: 32568058
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2607.200093
Abstract
We characterized novel coronaviruses detected in US bottlenose dolphins (BdCoVs) with diarrhea. These viruses are closely related to the other 2 known cetacean coronaviruses, Hong Kong BdCoV and beluga whale CoV. A deletion in the spike gene and insertions in the membrane gene and untranslated regions were found in US BdCoVs (unrelated to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2).
Keywords: United States; bottlenose dolphin; coronavirus; detection; genetic characterization; viruses; zoonoses.