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Emerg Infect Dis . Detection and Characterization of New Coronavirus in Bottlenose Dolphin, United States, 2019

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Editor, Senior Moderator
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

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.
 
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