Chinese scientists have discovered a novel coronavirus SARS-like coronavirus | | SARS_ news
Beijing Changchun June 6 Electric (Shen Jifei) military medical Academy military Veterinary Institute of researcher tuchangchun led of joint topics group, in Yunnan bat body detection out has new SARS sample Crown shaped virus, full gene group sequence determination and Antigen sexual analysis indicates that the virus has infection people of capacity, inferred its is may is SARS virus of ancestors or "relatives", for acting Qing SARS sources provides has important data.
Core international journals Journal of Virology online has recently published a new study.
Also, topics Group also first from Yunnan bat body found has new hepatitis virus, and will its named for bat hepatitis virus, turn stated has this new virus of genetic diversity; in international Shang first separation has two species new of bat round shaped virus, and determination has they of full gene group sequence, through bio information analysis found the area of bat round shaped virus may is caused individual Southeast Asia national children diarrhea of disease original body of ancestors.
Bats are the natural world of the wild animals carrying the virus up to now more than 130 species have been found, notably Ebola virus, SARS-like coronavirus and rabies. Subtropical Yunnan province, is a variety of epidemic animal to man in natural foci of disease. Coated Changchun topics group and Yunnan province endemic control by, and Chengdu military disease prevention control center cooperation, through Qualcomm volume measuring sequence technology combines virus separation identification method, first full investigation has Yunnan province bat carrying virus of disease original ecology this end of, new found 57 species mammals virus, identification has 18 species new virus, announced has ring virus, and Bo card virus, and stars shaped virus, more than 10 over species virus of full gene Group column sequence, thereby opened the area bat virus of veil.
SARS is caused by a novel coronavirus, spring 2003 global outbreak. Nearly 11 years ago, although the scientific community in the bat found in possession of more than one type of coronavirus, and gradually finds that bats are the natural reservoir of SARS coronavirus, but failed to find evidence of transmissibility, and there are significant differences in the genetic structure of the virus. In 2012, Middle East report of important infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus respiratory syndrome-Middle East, clinical manifestations similar to SARS, has killed 181 people, is still continuing new cases again draw attention to SARS jitters. Tuchangchun said the coronavirus is a serious threat to public health, social security has an important pathogen due to the high mutation rate and a high frequency of genetic recombination, thus, coronavirus is still supposed to be focus of national disease prevention and control system and army surveillance. (End text)
(Original title: Chinese scientists have discovered a new SARS-like coronavirus)
15:40 June 06, 2014 China News Network
