Replication of MERS and SARS coronaviruses in bat cells offers insights to their ancestral origins
S. Lau, R. Y. Fan, H. K. H. Luk, L. Zhu, J. Fung, K. S. Li, E. Y. M. Wong, S. S. Ahmed, J. F. W. Chan, K.-H. Kok, K.-H. Chan, U. Wernery, K.-y. Yuen, P. C. Y. Woo
This study replicates MERS and SARS coronaviruses in bat cells, finding that DPP4 expression and species-specific factors determine viral susceptibility.
bioRxiv · May 20, 2018Microbiology