Viruses | |
Detection of Coronaviruses in Bats of Various Species in Italy | |
Davide Lelli3  Alice Papetti3  Cristiano Sabelli2  Enrica Rosti1  Ana Moreno3  | |
[1] Centro Fauna Selvatica “Il Pettirosso”, Via Nonantolana 1217, Modena 41122, Italy; E-Mail:;IZO s.r.l, Via S. Zeno 99/A, Brescia 25124, Italy; E-Mail:;Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, Via Bianchi 9, Brescia 25124, Italy; E-Mails: | |
关键词: coronavirus; bats; Italy; molecular characterization; phylogenetic analysis; | |
DOI : 10.3390/v5112679 | |
来源: mdpi | |
【 摘 要 】
Bats are natural reservoirs for many mammalian coronaviruses, which have received renewed interest after the discovery of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) CoV in humans. This study describes the identification and molecular characterization of alphacoronaviruses and betacoronaviruses in bats in Italy, from 2010 to 2012. Sixty-nine faecal samples and 126 carcasses were tested using pan-coronavirus RT-PCR. Coronavirus RNAs were detected in seven faecal samples and nine carcasses. A phylogenetic analysis of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase sequence fragments aided in identifying two alphacoronaviruses from Kuhl’s pipistrelle (
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