medRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.19.21253391; this version posted March 25, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted medRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license . Emergence of porcine delta-coronavirus pathogenic infections among children in Haiti through independent zoonoses and convergent evolution John A. Lednicky,1,2† Massimiliano S. Tagliamonte,1,3† Sarah K. White,1,2 Maha A. Elbadry,1,2 Md. Mahbubul Alam,1,2 Caroline J. Stephenson,1,2 Tania S. Bonny,1,2 Julia C. Loeb,1,2 Taina Telisma,4 Sonese Chavannes,4 David A. Ostrov, 1,3 Carla Mavian, 1,3 Valerie Madsen Beau De Rochars,1,5 Marco Salemi,1,3* J. Glenn Morris, Jr.1,6* 1. Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 2. Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 3. Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 4. Christianville Foundation, Gressier, Haiti 5. Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 6. Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL † These authors contributed equally *Corresponding authors: Dr. Glenn Morris Dr. Marco Salemi Emerging Pathogens Institute Emerging Pathogens Institute University of Florida University of Florida 2055 Mowry Rd., Gainesville, FF 2055 Mowry Rd., Gainesville, FF 326100009 326100009
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