SARS-like coronaviruses in horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus spp.) in Russia, 2020.
S. V. Alkhovsky, S. V. Lenshin, A. V. Romashin, T. V. Vishnevskaya, O. I. Vyshemirsky, Y. I. Bulycheva, D. K. Lvov, A. K. Gitelman
The paper identifies and genetically characterizes two new SARS-like coronaviruses in horseshoe bats in Russia, revealing their genetic diversity and evidence of recombination.
bioRxiv · May 17, 2021Microbiology