Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/14224
Title
Detection of alpha and betacoronaviruses in multiple Iberian bat species
Author(s)
Falcon, Ana | Vazquez-Moron, Sonia ISCIII | Casas Flecha, Inmaculada ISCIII | Aznar-Lopez, Carolina ISCIII | Ruiz-Carrascoso, Guillermo ISCIII | Pozo Sanchez, Francisco ISCIII | Perez-Breña, Pilar ISCIII | Juste, Javier | Ibáñez, Carlos | Garin, Inazio | Aihartza, Joxerra | Echevarria, Juan Emilio ISCIII
Date issued
2011-10
Citation
Arch Virol. 2011;156(10):1883-90.
Language
Inglés
Document type
journal article
Abstract
Bat coronaviruses (CoV) are putative precursors of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) CoV and other CoV that crossed the species barrier from zoonotic reservoirs into the human population. To determine the presence and distribution of CoV in Iberian bats, 576 individuals of 26 different bat species were captured in 13 locations in Spain. We report for the first time the presence of 14 coronaviruses in 9 Iberian bat species. Phylogenetic analysis of a conserved CoV genome region (RdRp gene) shows a wide diversity and distribution of alpha and betacoronavirus in Spain. Interestingly, although some of these viruses are related to other European BatCoV, or to Asian CoV, some of the viruses found in Spain cluster in new groups of α and β CoV.
MESH
Animals | Chiroptera | Coronaviridae | Coronaviridae Infections | Feces | Genome, Viral | Humans | Molecular Sequence Data | Phylogeny
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