title: Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Like, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Like Bat Coronaviruses and Group H Rotavirus in Faeces of Korean Bats.
abstract: Bat species around the world have recently been recognized as major reservoirs of several zoonotic viruses, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), Nipah virus and Hendra virus. In this study, consensus primer-based reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reactions (RT-PCRs) and high-throughput sequencing were performed to investigate viruses in bat faecal samples collected at 11 natural bat habitat sites from July to December 2015 in Korea. Diverse coronaviruses were first detected in Korean bat faeces, including alphacoronaviruses, SARS-CoV-like and MERS-CoV-like betacoronaviruses. In addition, we identified a novel bat rotavirus belonging to group H rotavirus which has only been described in human and pigs until now. Therefore, our results suggest the need for continuing surveillance and additional virological studies in domestic bat.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Viral Infectious Diseases and Control, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Viral Infectious Diseases and Control, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: S-W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Viral Infectious Diseases and Control, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: D-J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Viral Infectious Diseases and Control, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: B-S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Viral Infectious Diseases and Control, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.affiliation: Biological and Genetic Resources Assessment Division, National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, Korea.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: The Korean Institute of Biospeleology, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Y G
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Viral Infectious Diseases and Control, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea.|Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Korea University, Sejong, Korea.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Na
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Viral Infectious Diseases and Control, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: K-T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Korea University, Sejong, Korea.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Viral Infectious Diseases and Control, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, Korea.|Bio-Analytical Science Division, Korea University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Jeong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D045473:Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
keywords: Korea; Middle East respiratory syndrome; bat; coronavirus; group H rotavirus; severe acute respiratory syndrome