A coronavirus detected in the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus


Autoria(s): 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
Contribuinte(s)

UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

26/03/2012

26/03/2012

2008

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.

Identificador

The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, v.12, n.6, p.466-468, 2008

1413-8670

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/13230

10.1590/S1413-86702008000600003

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000600003

http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bjid/v12n6/v12n6a03.pdf

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases

Salvador

Relação

The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Direitos

openAccess

Copyright Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases

Palavras-Chave #Coronavirus #Vampire bat #RNA-dependent #RNA-polymerase #MORCEGOS #CORONAVIRUS #VIROLOGIA VETERINÁRIA
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article

original article

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