Lwande, Olivia Wesula and Thalin, Therese and de Jong, Johnny and Sjodin, Andreas and Naslund, Jonas and Evander, Magnus and Ecke, Frauke
(2022).
Alphacoronavirus in a Daubenton's Myotis Bat (Myotis daubentonii) in Sweden.
Viruses. 14
:3
, 556
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Abstract
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated a search for reservoirs and species potentially involved in back and forth transmission. Studies have postulated bats as one of the key reservoirs of coronaviruses (CoVs), and different CoVs have been detected in bats. So far, CoVs have not been found in bats in Sweden and we therefore tested whether they carry CoVs. In summer 2020, we sampled a total of 77 adult bats comprising 74 Myotis daubentonii, 2 Pipistrellus pygmaeus, and 1 M. mystacinus bats in southern Sweden. Blood, saliva and feces were sampled, processed and subjected to a virus next-generation sequencing target enrichment protocol. An Alphacoronavirus was detected and sequenced from feces of a M. daubentonii adult female bat. Phylogenetic analysis of the almost complete virus genome revealed a close relationship with Finnish and Danish strains. This was the first finding of a CoV in bats in Sweden, and bats may play a role in the transmission cycle of CoVs in Sweden. Focused and targeted surveillance of CoVs in bats is warranted, with consideration of potential conflicts between public health and nature conservation required as many bat species in Europe are threatened and protected.
Authors/Creators: | Lwande, Olivia Wesula and Thalin, Therese and de Jong, Johnny and Sjodin, Andreas and Naslund, Jonas and Evander, Magnus and Ecke, Frauke | ||||||
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Title: | Alphacoronavirus in a Daubenton's Myotis Bat (Myotis daubentonii) in Sweden | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Viruses | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2022 | ||||||
Volume: | 14 | ||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||
Article number: | 556 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 10 | ||||||
Publisher: | MDPI | ||||||
ISSN: | 1999-4915 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Microbiology (Microbiology in the medical area to be 30109) (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 403 Veterinary Science > Clinical Science | ||||||
Keywords: | coronavirus, bats, Myotis daubentonii, Pipistrellus pygmaeus, Sweden | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-116788 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-116788 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 27646 | ||||||
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap S - Faculty of Forest Sciences | ||||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Urban and Rural Development (S) > Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 28 Apr 2022 14:25 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 28 Apr 2022 14:31 |
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