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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