Detection of Recombinant Rousettus Bat Coronavirus GCCDC1 in Lesser Dawn Bats (<i>Eonycteris spelaea</i>) in Singapore

Detection of Recombinant Rousettus Bat Coronavirus GCCDC1 in Lesser Dawn Bats (<i>Eonycteris spelaea</i>) in Singapore

Rousettus bat coronavirus GCCDC1 (RoBat-CoV GCCDC1) is a cross-family recombinant coronavirus that has previously only been reported in wild-caught bats in Yúnnan, China. We report the persistence of a related strain in a captive colony of lesser dawn bats captured in Singapore. Genomic evidence of...

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Main Authors: Adrian C. Paskey, Justin H. J. Ng, Gregory K. Rice, Wan Ni Chia, Casandra W. Philipson, Randy J. H. Foo, Regina Z. Cer, Kyle A. Long, Matthew R. Lueder, Xiao Fang Lim, Kenneth G. Frey, Theron Hamilton, Danielle E. Anderson, Eric D. Laing, Ian H. Mendenhall, Gavin J. Smith, Lin-Fa Wang, Kimberly A. Bishop-Lilly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
lesser dawn bat
Rousettus bat coronavirus GCCDC1
recombinant
coronavirus
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/5/539

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