Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses.

Li W, Shi Z, Yu M, Ren W, Smith C, Epstein JH, Wang H, Crameri G, Hu Z, Zhang H, Zhang J, McEachern J, Field H, Daszak P, Eaton BT, Zhang S, Wang LF

Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China.

Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 3123

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Cause and Effect Analysis	Interspecies susceptibility data	Shared exposures with humans	Shared outcomes with humans	Gene sequence data
Yes	Yes	No	No	No

Study type	N	Routes	Sampling	Controls	Timing
cross sectional	408	other, inhalation	exposure	yes	concurrent

Exposures	SARS Virus
Outcomes	Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Species	Cynopterus sphinx Horseshoe bat Miniopterus schreibersi Myotis, NOS Nyctalis Rhinolophus ferrumequinum Rhinolophus macrotis Rhinolophus pearsoni Rousettus leschenaulti
Locations	China Guangdong Maoming (populated place) Guangxi Nanning (seat of a first-order administrative division) Hubei Yichang (populated place) Tianjin Tianjin (seat of a first-order administrative division)

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