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SUBMITTER: Lacroix A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7106329 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases 20161115
Astroviruses are known to infect humans and a wide range of animal species, and can cause gastroenteritis in their hosts. Recent studies have reported astroviruses in bats in Europe and in several locations in China. We sampled 1876 bats from 17 genera at 45 sites from 14 and 13 provinces in Cambodia and Lao PDR respectively, and tested them for astroviruses. Our study revealed a high diversity of astroviruses among various Yangochiroptera and Yinpterochiroptera bats. Evidence for varying degree ...[more]