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Equine coronavirus confirmed in China, with new variant identified The first confirmation of the equine coronavirus in China – identified as a new variant through molecular-based testing – has prompted a call for better viral surveillance among horses and donkeys. The equine coronavirus was first identified in the United States and has since been reported in several countries. Peng-Fei Qi, Xing-Yi Gao and their fellow researchers, in a letter to the journal Emerging Microbes and Infections, discussed their identification of the coronavirus in two young donkeys. To test for the presence of the virus in China, the researchers collected 51...
