2019 Diversity of dromedary camel coronavirus HKU23 in African camels revealed multiple recombination events among close

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Title: Diversity of dromedary camel coronavirus HKU23 in African camels revealed
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multiple recombination events among closely related Betacoronaviruses of the subgenus
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Embecovirus.
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Authors: Ray T. Y. So, a Daniel K. W. Chu,a Eve Miguel,b,c, Ranawaka A. P. M. Perera,a
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Jamiu O. Oladipo,a,d Ouafaa Fassi-Fihri,e Gelagay Aylet,f Ronald L. W. Ko,a Ziqi Zhou,a
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Mo-Sheung Cheng,a Sulyman A. Kuranga,d François L. Roger,b,g Veronique Chevalier, b,h
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Richard J. Webby,i Patrick C. Y. Woo,a Leo L. M. Poon,a Malik Peiris. a#
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aSchool of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong,
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Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Republic of China;
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b Animal, Santé, Territoires, Risques et Ecosystèmes, Centre de Coopération Internationale
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en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Institut National de la Recherche
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Agronomique, Université de Montpellier, F-34398 Montpellier, France;
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cMaladies Infectieuses et Vecteurs: Ecologie, Génétique, Evolution et Contrôle, L’Institut de
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Recherche pour le Développement, CNRS, Universitè de Montpellier, F-34398 Montpellier,
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France;
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d Department of Surgery, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria;
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e Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire, Hassan II Université, B.P. 6202 Rabat-Instituts, Rabat,
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Morocco;
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f Bacterial, Parasitic and Zoonotic Diseases Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health
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Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia;
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g Kasetsart University, 10900 Bangkok, Thailand;
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h Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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i St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105;
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j Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong
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Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Republic of China;
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Running Head: Recombination of coronavirus HKU23 in African camels.
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Keywords: Coronaviruses, Betacoronaviruses, recombination, phylogeny, Dromedary camels
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JVI Accepted Manuscript Posted Online 18 September 2019
J. Virol. doi:10.1128/JVI.01236-19
Copyright © 2019 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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#Address correspondence to: Malik Peiris, School of Public Health, The University of Hong
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Kong, E mail: