Xiao-Shuang Zheng

TL;DR: Investigation on patients in a local hospital who were infected with a novel coronavirus found the presence of 2019-nCoV in anal swabs and blood, and more anal swab positives than oral swabs positives in a later stage of infection, suggesting shedding and thereby transmitted through oral–fecal route.

TL;DR: Analysis of viral samples from deceased piglets shows that a bat coronav virus was responsible for an outbreak of fatal disease in China and highlights the importance of the identification of coronavirus diversity and distribution in bats in order to mitigate future outbreaks of disease.

TL;DR: It is reported for the first time that only a small proportion of MERS-CoV receptor-binding domain positive (RBD) of spike protein positive camel sera in Kenya were also seropositive to MSPV nucleocapsid (NP), raising the possibility of the circulation of a recombinant coronavirus virus with the spike of MESV and the NP in Kenya.

TL;DR: In this paper, SiC coatings of ∼100μm on graphite tiles, prepared by chemical vapor infiltration of Si into the tiles and the following reactions between Si and C, are used as plasma facing material (PFM) on HT-7 superconducting tokamak and Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST).

TL;DR: The first surveillance toward understanding the diversity of RNA viruses carried by rodents and shrews in areas of high-potential contact with humans in Kenya through molecular detection is reported, demonstrating the need for continued pathogen surveillance among these small mammals as well as among the vulnerable and exposed livestock and humans.