Metagenomic analysis of fecal and tissue samples from 18 endemic bat species in Switzerland revealed a diverse virus composition including potentially zoonotic viruses

• Isabelle Hardmeier,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9770-4052

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• Nadja Aeberhard,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Weihong Qi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation

  Affiliation Functional Genomics Center Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Katja Schoenbaechler,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bat Foundation Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Hubert Kraettli,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bat Foundation Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Jean-Michel Hatt,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Cornel Fraefel ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cornel.fraefel@uzh.ch (CF); jakub.kubacki@uzh.ch (JK)

  Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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• Jakub Kubacki

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: cornel.fraefel@uzh.ch (CF); jakub.kubacki@uzh.ch (JK)

  Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7085-3533

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