R. sinicus should be reservoir of SL-CoV but not SARSCoV: critical comments on Ge et al.'s paper in Nature  

作　　者：XU De-Zhong Bernard CK CHOI ZHANG Lei SU Hai-Xia ZHANG Jing-Xia XU Rui GAO Jie 

机构地区：[1]Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Fourth Military Medical University,Clinical Epidemiology Network in China, International Clinical Epidemiology Network [2]Department of Epidemiology, Fourth Military Medical University [3]Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto [4]Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa

出　　处：《医学争鸣》2014年第2期25-27,共3页Negative

摘　　要：The study of the origin of SARS coronavirus(SARS CoV)and SARS-like coronavirus(SL-CoV)is very important for the prevention of novel human infections with these viruses.Recently,Ge et al.suggest that Chinese horseshoe bats are natural reservoirs of SARSCoV[1].But this conclusion is incorrect.It should be"Chinese horseshoe bats are natural reservoirs of SLCoV"[2-7].The paper also has several methodological problems,leading to errors in the conclusions.The study of the origin of SARS coronavirus （SARS CoV） and SARS-like coronavirus （SL-CoV） is very important for the prevention of novel human infections with these viruses. Recently, Ge et al. suggest that Chinese horseshoe bats are natural reservoirs of SARS- CoV . But this conclusion is incorrect. It should be ＂Chinese horseshoe bats are natural reservoirs of SL- COY＋＋. The paper also has several methodological problems, leading to errors in the conclusions.

关 键 词：SARS冠状病毒 水蚤 论文 SARS病毒 人类感染 自然宿主 蝙蝠 马蹄 

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