Detection and Prevalence Patterns of Group I Coronaviruses in Bats, Northern Germany | Zendy

Florian GlozaRausch | Zendy; Anne Ipsen | Zendy; Antje Seebens | Zendy; Matthias Göttsche | Zendy; Marcus Panning | Zendy; Jan Felix Drexler | Zendy; Nadine Petersen | Zendy; Augustina Annan | Zendy; Klaus Grywna | Zendy; Marcel A. Müller | Zendy; Susanne Pfefferle | Zendy; Christian Drosten | Zendy

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Detection and Prevalence Patterns of Group I Coronaviruses in Bats, Northern Germany

Author(s) -

Florian GlozaRausch,

Anne Ipsen,

Antje Seebens,

Matthias Göttsche,

Marcus Panning,

Jan Felix Drexler,

Nadine Petersen,

Augustina Annan,

Klaus Grywna,

Marcel A. Müller,

Susanne Pfefferle,

Christian Drosten

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

emerging infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.54

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1080-6059

pISSN - 1080-6040

DOI - 10.3201/eid1404.071439

Subject(s) - covid-19 , coronavirus , betacoronavirus , virology , coronavirus infections , geography , pandemic , biology , medicine , outbreak , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease

We tested 315 bats from 7 different bat species in northern Germany for coronaviruses by reverse transcription-PCR. The overall prevalence was 9.8%. There were 4 lineages of group I coronaviruses in association with 4 different species of verspertilionid bats (Myotis dasycneme, M. daubentonii, Pipistrellus nathusii, P. pygmaeus). The lineages formed a monophyletic clade of bat coronaviruses found in northern Germany. The clade of bat coronaviruses have a sister relationship with a clade of Chinese type I coronaviruses that were also associated with the Myotis genus (M. ricketti). Young age and ongoing lactation, but not sex or existing gravidity, correlated significantly with coronavirus detection. The virus is probably maintained on the population level by amplification and transmission in maternity colonies, rather than being maintained in individual bats.

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