New alphacoronavirus in Mystacina tuberculata bats, New Zealand

New alphacoronavirus in Mystacina tuberculata bats, New Zealand

Because of recent interest in bats as reservoirs of emerging diseases, we investigated the presence of viruses in Mystacina tuberculata bats in New Zealand. A novel alphacoronavirus sequence was detected in guano from roosts of M. tuberculata bats in pristine indigenous forest on a remote offshore i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging infectious diseases 2014-04, Vol.20 (4), p.697-700
Hauptverfasser: Hall, Richard J, Wang, Jing, Peacey, Matthew, Moore, Nicole E, McInnes, Kate, Tompkins, Daniel M
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
alphacoronavirus
Animal experimentation
Animals
Bats
Chiroptera - virology
coronavirus
Coronavirus infections
Demographic aspects
Dispatch
Expedited
Genetic aspects
guano
Health aspects
metagenomics
New Zealand
Phylogeny
viruses
Viruses - genetics
Viruses - isolation & purification
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Zusammenfassung:Because of recent interest in bats as reservoirs of emerging diseases, we investigated the presence of viruses in Mystacina tuberculata bats in New Zealand. A novel alphacoronavirus sequence was detected in guano from roosts of M. tuberculata bats in pristine indigenous forest on a remote offshore island (Codfish Island).
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2004.131441