A coronavirus detected in the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus.
This article reports on the identification of a group 2 coronavirus (BatCoV DR/2007) in a Desmodus rotundus vampire bat in Brazil. Phylogenetic analysis of ORF1b revealed that BatCoV DR/2007 originates from a unique lineage in the archetypical group 2 coronaviruses, as described for bat species elsewhere with putative importance in Public Health.
Brandão
Paulo Eduardo
PE
Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. paulo7926@usp.br
Scheffer
Karin
K
Villarreal
Laura Yaneth
LY
Achkar
Samira
S
Oliveira
Rafael de Novaes
Rde N
Fahl
Willian de Oliveira
Wde O
Castilho
Juliana Galera
JG
Kotait
Ivanete
I
Richtzenhain
Leonardo José
LJ
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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