Der findes hundreder af andre stammer af SARS-CoV, som blot er kendt for at inficere ikke-humane arter: [[flagermus]] er et vigtigt reservoir for mange stammer af SARS-relaterede coronavirus, og adskillige stammer er identificeret i [[desmerdyr]]-slægten ''Paradoxurus'' (underfamilien [[palmerullere]]<ref group="note">Om [https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/desmerdyr#-Palmerullere "palmerullere"] af Holst, Bengt; Johansson, Daniel Klingberg: i ''Den Store Danske'' på lex.dk. </ref>), hvorfra SARS-CoV sandsynligvis stammer.<ref name="CVSG" /><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Lau SK, Li KS, Huang Y, Shek CT, Tse H, Wang M, Choi GK, Xu H, Lam CS, Guo R, Chan KH, Zheng BJ, Woo PC, Yuen KY | display-authors = 6 | title = Ecoepidemiology and complete genome comparison of different strains of severe acute respiratory syndrome-related Rhinolophus bat coronavirus in China reveal bats as a reservoir for acute, self-limiting infection that allows recombination events | journal = Journal of Virology | volume = 84 | issue = 6 | pages = 2808–19 | date = marts 2010 | pmid = 20071579 | pmc = 2826035 | doi = 10.1128/JVI.02219-09 | doi-access = free }}</ref>
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