Bats Found to Carry SARS-like Virus

摘要

An international consortium headed by CAS researchers has identified that the Chinese horseshoe bat is healthy earners of a virus that is very closely related to those causing SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome). Their work was reported online on Sept. 29 by the Science magazine. The finding supports an independent study with similar results by Hong Kong scientists, which is reported by the Sept. 27 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.