Detection and Prevalence Patterns of Group I Coronaviruses in Bats, Northern Germany

We tested 315 bats from 7 different bat species in northern Germany for coronaviruses by reverse transcription–PCR. The overall prevalence was 9.8%. There were 4 lineages of group I coronaviruses in association with 4 different species of verspertilionid bats (Myotis dasycneme, M. daubentonii, Pipis...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Florian Gloza-Rausch, Anne Ipsen, Antje Seebens, Matthias Göttsche, Marcus Panning, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Nadine Petersen, Augustina Annan, Klaus Grywna, Marcel A. Müller, Susanne Pfefferle, Sung Sup Park
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
Subjects:
coronavirus
SARS
bats
research
Germany
Medicine
R
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Pipistrellus nathusii
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1404.071439
https://doaj.org/article/14509a706e3b42589e3280abf98eb783
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Summary:We tested 315 bats from 7 different bat species in northern Germany for coronaviruses by reverse transcription–PCR. The overall prevalence was 9.8%. There were 4 lineages of group I coronaviruses in association with 4 different species of verspertilionid bats (Myotis dasycneme, M. daubentonii, Pipistrellus nathusii, P. pygmaeus). The lineages formed a monophyletic clade of bat coronaviruses found in northern Germany. The clade of bat coronaviruses have a sister relationship with a clade of Chinese type I coronaviruses that were also associated with the Myotis genus (M. ricketti). Young age and ongoing lactation, but not sex or existing gravidity, correlated significantly with coronavirus detection. The virus is probably maintained on the population level by amplification and transmission in maternity colonies, rather than being maintained in individual bats.

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