| distant relatives of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and close relatives of human coronavirus 229e in bats, ghana. | we tested 12 bat species in ghana for coronavirus (cov) rna. the virus prevalence in insectivorous bats (n = 123) was 9.76%. cov was not detected in 212 fecal samples from eidolon helvum fruit bats. leaf-nosed bats pertaining to hipposideros ruber by morphology had group 1 and group 2 covs. virus concentrations were < or =45,000 copies/100 mg of bat feces. the diversified group 1 cov shared a common ancestor with the human common cold virus hcov-229e but not with hcov-nl63, disputing hypotheses ... | 2009 | 19788804 |
| isolation and characterization of 11 novel microsatellite loci in a west african leaf-nosed bat, hipposideros aff. ruber. | noack's leaf-nosed bat, hipposideros ruber, is a cryptic species within the hipposideros caffer species complex. despite a widespread distribution in africa and being host to potentially zoonotic viruses, the genetic structure and ecology of h. ruber is poorly known. here we describe the development of 11 novel polymorphic microsatellite loci to facilitate the investigation of genetic structure. | 2014 | 25189128 |
| phylogenetic analysis of a newfound bat-borne hantavirus supports a laurasiatherian host association for ancestral mammalian hantaviruses. | until recently, hantaviruses (family bunyaviridae) were believed to originate from rodent reservoirs. however, genetically distinct hantaviruses were lately found in shrews and moles, as well as in bats from africa and asia. bats (order chiroptera) are considered important reservoir hosts for emerging human pathogens. here, we report on the identification of a novel hantavirus, provisionally named makokou virus (makv), in noack's roundleaf bat (hipposideros ruber) in gabon, central africa. phylo ... | 2016 | 27051047 |