Genetic diversity of bats coronaviruses in the Atlantic Forest hotspot biome,

Brazil

Luiz Gustavo Bentim Góes, Angélica Cristine de Almeida Campos, Cristiano

de Carvalho, Guilherme Ambar, Luzia Helena Queiroz, Ariovaldo Pereira
Cruz-Neto, Muhammad Munir, Edison Luiz Durigon

PII: S1567-1348(16)30324-0
DOI: doi: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.07.034
Reference: MEEGID 2863

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Received date: 3 May 2016

Revised date: 22 July 2016
Accepted date: 25 July 2016

Please cite this article as: Góes, Luiz Gustavo Bentim, de Almeida Campos, Angélica
Cristine, de Carvalho, Cristiano, Ambar, Guilherme, Queiroz, Luzia Helena, Cruz-
Neto, Ariovaldo Pereira, Munir, Muhammad, Durigon, Edison Luiz, Genetic diver-
sity of bats coronaviruses in the Atlantic Forest hotspot biome, Brazil, (2016), doi:
10.1016/j.meegid.2016.07.034

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Authors and Co-authors

Goes, Luiz Gustavo

Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Dept. Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências
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Biomédicas (ICB)
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Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

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Corresponding author
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Campos, Angelica Almeida

Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Dept. Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências
Biomédicas (ICB)
Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
[email protected]

Carvalho, Cristiano
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Dept. de Apoio, Produção e Saúde Animal,
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Araçatuba
Araçatuba, SP, Brazil
[email protected]

Ambar, Guilherme
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Dept. Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências
Rio Claro, SP, Brazil
[email protected]

Queiroz, Luzia Helena

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Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Dept. de Apoio, Produção e Saúde Animal,

Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Araçatuba
Araçatuba, SP, Brazil
[email protected]

Cruz-Neto, Ariovaldo

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Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Dept. Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências
Rio Claro, SP, Brazil

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Durigon, Edison Luiz

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Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Dept. Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências
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Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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