Detection and Characterization of New Coronavirus in Bottlenose Dolphin, United States, 2019

We characterized novel coronaviruses detected in US bottlenose dolphins (BdCoVs) with diarrhea. These viruses are closely related to the other 2 known cetacean coronaviruses, Hong Kong BdCoV and beluga whale CoV. A deletion in the spike gene and insertions in the membrane gene and untranslated regio...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Leyi Wang, Carol Maddox, Karen Terio, Saraswathi Lanka, Richard Fredrickson, Brittany Novick, Celeste Parry, Abby McClain, Kyle Ross
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
Subjects:
coronavirus
viruses
detection
genetic characterization
bottlenose dolphin
zoonoses
Medicine
R
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
The Spike
Beluga
Beluga whale
Beluga*
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2607.200093
https://doaj.org/article/9c512c7b660845a1a4ca87291a3fe7c1
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Summary:We characterized novel coronaviruses detected in US bottlenose dolphins (BdCoVs) with diarrhea. These viruses are closely related to the other 2 known cetacean coronaviruses, Hong Kong BdCoV and beluga whale CoV. A deletion in the spike gene and insertions in the membrane gene and untranslated regions were found in US BdCoVs (unrelated to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2).

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