title: No evidence of coronavirus infection by reverse transcriptase-PCR in bats in Belgium.
abstract: No coronavirus was detected by PCR in lung and intestine samples of 100 bats, mostly common pipistrelles (Pipistrellus pipistrellus), collected dead between 2008 and 2013 for rabies surveillance in Belgium. The negative results contrast with the high prevalence of coronaviruses detected in fecal pellets from live-captured bats in some European countries.
authors.affiliation: 1  National Reference Centre of Rabies, Viral Diseases Unit, Communicable and Infectious Diseases, Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP), Engelandstraat 642, 1180 Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Van Gucht
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nazé
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: El Kadaani
authors.forename: Danielle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bauwens
authors.forename: Aurélie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Francart
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brochier
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wuillaume
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001530:Belgium / Q000453:epidemiology; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary*