Detection of Alphacoronavirus in velvety free-tailed bats (Molossus molossus) and Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) from urban area of Southern Brazil

A survey was carried out in search for bat coronaviruses in an urban maternity roost of about 500 specimens of two species of insectivorous bats, Molossus molossus and Tadarida brasiliensis, in Southern Brazil. Twenty-nine out of 150 pooled fecal samples tested positive by reverse transcription-PCR...

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Published in:Virus genes 2013-08, Vol.47 (1), p.164-167
Main Authors: Lima, Francisco Esmaile de Sales, Campos, Fabrício Souza, Kunert Filho, Hiran Castagnino, Batista, Helena Beatriz de Carvalho Ruthner, Carnielli Júnior, Pedro, Cibulski, Samuel Paulo, Spilki, Fernando Rosado, Roehe, Paulo Michel, Franco, Ana Cláudia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alphacoronavirus
Animals
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Brazil
Chiroptera - classification
Chiroptera - virology
Coronaviridae - classification
Coronaviridae - genetics
Coronaviridae - isolation & purification
Coronaviridae Infections - veterinary
Coronaviridae Infections - virology
Coronavirus
DNA-directed RNA polymerase
feces
genes
Medical Microbiology
Molecular Sequence Data
Molossus
Molossus molossus
Phylogeny
Plant Sciences
reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
risk assessment
Short Report
Tadarida
Tadarida brasiliensis
urban areas
Virology
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Summary:A survey was carried out in search for bat coronaviruses in an urban maternity roost of about 500 specimens of two species of insectivorous bats, Molossus molossus and Tadarida brasiliensis, in Southern Brazil. Twenty-nine out of 150 pooled fecal samples tested positive by reverse transcription-PCR contained fragments of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase gene of coronavirus-related viruses. The sequences clustered along with bat alphacoronaviruses, forming a subcluster within this group. Our findings point to the need for risk assessment and continued surveillance of coronavirus infections of bats in Brazil.
ISSN:0920-8569
1572-994X
DOI:10.1007/s11262-013-0899-x