A coronavirus detected in the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus

AUTOR(ES)

Brandão, Paulo Eduardo, Scheffer, Karin, Villarreal, Laura Yaneth, Achkar, Samira, Oliveira, Rafael de Novaes, Fahl, Willian de Oliveira, Castilho, Juliana Galera, Kotait, Ivanete, Richtzenhain, Leonardo José

FONTE

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008-12

RESUMO

This article reports on the identification of a group 2 coronavirus (BatCoV DR/2007) in a Desmodus rotundus vampire bat in Brazil. Phylogenetic analysis of ORF1b revealed that BatCoV DR/2007 originates from a unique lineage in the archetypical group 2 coronaviruses, as described for bat species elsewhere with putative importance in Public Health.

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