Dispersal history of Miniopterus fuliginosus bats and their associated viruses in east Asia.

In this study, we examined the role of the eastern bent-winged bat (Miniopterus fuliginosus) in the dispersion of bat adenovirus and bat alphacoronavirus in east Asia, considering their gene flows and divergence times (based on deep-sequencing data), using bat fecal guano samples. Bats in China move...

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Main Authors: Thachawech Kimprasit, Mitsuo Nunome, Keisuke Iida, Yoshitaka Murakami, Min-Liang Wong, Chung-Hsin Wu, Ryosuke Kobayashi, Yupadee Hengjan, Hitoshi Takemae, Kenzo Yonemitsu, Ryusei Kuwata, Hiroshi Shimoda, Lifan Si, Joon-Hyuk Sohn, Susumu Asakawa, Kenji Ichiyanagi, Ken Maeda, Hong-Shik Oh, Tetsuya Mizutani, Junpei Kimura, Atsuo Iida, Eiichi Hondo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244006