Author: Gong, Shu-ran; Bao, Lin-lin
Title: The battle against SARS and MERS coronaviruses: Reservoirs and Animal Models Document date: 2018_7_28
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Snippet: Based on the above evidence, there is a strong possibility that bats are the initial MERS-CoV host. A paper by Hana Fakhoury et al analyzed the possible viral distribution route that MERS-CoV traveled in the spring of 2014, leading the authors to speculate that hibernation might be the reason for seasonal outbreaks. 9 After hibernation, bats wake up in the warm, food-abundant spring weather and eat palm or other seeds. Those seeds may carry bat f.....
Document: Based on the above evidence, there is a strong possibility that bats are the initial MERS-CoV host. A paper by Hana Fakhoury et al analyzed the possible viral distribution route that MERS-CoV traveled in the spring of 2014, leading the authors to speculate that hibernation might be the reason for seasonal outbreaks. 9 After hibernation, bats wake up in the warm, food-abundant spring weather and eat palm or other seeds. Those seeds may carry bat feces and then drop to ground, where they might be eaten by camels. If MERS-CoV is found in cereal plantations near where bats congregate, this view will be confirmed.
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