Bat coronavirus uses human cell protein CEACAM6 for virus entry into human cells Lab-based study shows early zoonotic transmission pathway without human infection Discovery explains how animal viruses ...

A newly characterized bat coronavirus can latch onto a human cell receptor found in the lung, giving scientists an important new clue about how some animal viruses may cross into people. Study: ...

Coronaviruses have found another door into human cells, and it is one that scientists were not watching. A bat virus isolated from heart-nosed bats in Kenya can latch onto a human protein called ...

A subset of bat alphacoronaviruses (a major group of coronaviruses) are found to have the potential to enter human cells by exploiting a previously unknown cellular gateway, according to a study ...

An international team of researchers has identified an East African bat coronavirus capable of entering human cells. While the virus—Cardioderma cor coronavirus (CcCoV) KY43, or CcCoV-KY43—can bind to ...