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Virome characterization of game animals in China reveals a spectrum of emerging pathogens
(www.sciencedirect.com)
Highlights
• 1,941 game animals from five mammalian orders were surveyed for viruses
• 102 mammalian-infecting viruses were discovered, 21 posing a potential risk to humans
• Civets carried a relatively higher number of potentially “high-risk” viruses
• Human-infecting viruses were also identified in game animals
