id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-299443-nggl87u6 Stockman, Lauren J. Coronavirus Antibodies in Bat Biologists 2008-06-17 .txt text/plain 1009 55 59 To address the possibility that the antibodies from this serum sample were not specifi c to SARS-CoV, we tested it against recombinant N proteins of human CoVs, HCoV-229E, HCoV-OC43, NL63, and HKU-1. If the antibodies were induced by a SARS-like CoV infection, we would expect to have also detected antibodies against recombinant S protein (9) or recombinant fragments representing antigenically distinct regions of the N protein of SARS-CoV. We did not detect either; instead, we detected antibodies against the antigenically distinct N fragments from group 1 and 2 human CoVs. Thus, this survey of a sample of bat biologists, who were exposed primarily to North American bats but also to bats from Asia and Africa, showed no evidence of SARSlike CoV infection. Recombinant protein-based assays for detection of antibodies to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus spike and nucleocapsid proteins. Antigenic cross-reactivity between the nucleocapsid protein of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus and polyclonal antisera of antigenic group I animal coronaviruses: implication for SARS diagnosis ./cache/cord-299443-nggl87u6.txt ./txt/cord-299443-nggl87u6.txt