title: Genetic diversity of bats coronaviruses in the Atlantic Forest hotspot biome, Brazil.
abstract: Bats are notorious reservoirs of genetically-diverse and high-profile pathogens, and are playing crucial roles in the emergence and re-emergence of viruses, both in human and in animals. In this report, we identified and characterized previously unknown and diverse genetic clusters of bat coronaviruses in the Atlantic Forest Biome, Brazil. These results highlight the virus richness of bats and their possible roles in the public health.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Dept. Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB), Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: lgbgoes@usp.br.
authors.forename: Luiz Gustavo Bentim
authors.initials: LGB
authors.lastname: Góes
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Dept. Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB), Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: camposac@usp.br.
authors.forename: Angélica Cristine de Almeida
authors.initials: ACA
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Dept. de Apoio, Produção e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Araçatuba, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: criscar@fmva.unesp.br.
authors.forename: Cristiano de
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Dept. Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: guilhermeambar@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Guilherme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ambar
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Dept. de Apoio, Produção e Saúde Animal, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária de Araçatuba, Araçatuba, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: lhqueiroz@fmva.unesp.br.
authors.forename: Luzia Helena
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Queiroz
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Dept. Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Rio Claro, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: ariovaldopcruz@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ariovaldo Pereira
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Cruz-Neto
authors.affiliation: The Pirbright Institute, Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom. Electronic address: muhammad.munir@pirbright.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Munir
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Dept. Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB), Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: eldurigo@usp.br.
authors.forename: Edison Luiz
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Durigon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D065928:Forests; D014644:Genetic Variation; D016679:Genome, Viral; D005838:Genotype; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D058974:Phylogeography; D012367:RNA, Viral
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral