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Coronavirus-like particles were detected by electron microscopy in normal and diarrhea stool specimens from baboons, chimpanzees, macaques, and marmosets. There was a high prevalence of particles in both normal and diarrhea stools of older animals, whereas stools from nonweaned animals rarely contained these coronavirus-like particles.
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Smith, G.C., Lester, T.L., Heberling, R.L. et al. Coronavirus-like particles in nonhuman primate feces. Archives of Virology 72, 105–111 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314455
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