Coronavirus Surveillance in Congo Basin Wildlife Detects RNA of Multiple Species Circulating in Bats and Rodents
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.20.211664; this version posted July 20, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder. This article is a US Government work. It is not subject to copyright under 17 USC 105 and is also made available for use under a CC0 license. 1 Coronavirus surveillance in Congo basin wildlife detects RNA of 2 multiple species circulating in bats and rodents 3 4 Charles Kumakamba1, Fabien R. Niama2, Francisca Muyembe1, Jean-Vivien Mombouli2, Placide 5 Mbala Kingebeni1, Rock Aime Nina3, Ipos Ngay Lukusa1, Gerard Bounga4, Frida N’Kawa1, 6 Cynthia Goma Nkoua2, Joseph Atibu Losoma1, Prime Mulembakani1, Maria Makuwa1,5, Ubald 7 Tamufe6, Amethyst Gillis7,8, Matthew LeBreton9, Sarah H. Olson4, Kenneth Cameron4,10, Patricia 8 Reed4, Alain Ondzie4, Alex Tremeau-Bravard11, Brett R. Smith11, Jasmine Pante11, Bradley S. 9 Schneider7,12,13, David J. McIver14,15, James A. Ayukekbong14,16, Nicole A. Hoff15, Anne W. 10 Rimoin15, Anne Laudisoit17, Corina Monagin7,11, Tracey Goldstein11, Damien O. Joly4,14,18, Karen 11 Saylors5,7, Nathan D. Wolfe7, Edward M. Rubin7, Romain Bagamboula MPassi19, Jean J. 12 Muyembe Tamfum20, Christian E. Lange5,14 13 14 1 Metabiota Inc, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2 National Laboratory of Public 15 Health, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, 3 Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Brazzaville, 16 Republic of the Congo, 4 Wildlife Conversation Society, Bronx NY, USA, 5 Labyringth Global 17 Health St. Petersburg,
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