Open AccessDetection of coronaviruses in Pteropus & Rousettus species of bats from different States of India
Author(s) -
Pragya D. Yadav,
Anita Shete-Aich,
Dimpal A Nyayanit,
Prachi Pardeshi,
Triparna Majumdar,
R. Balasubramanian,
Padinjaremattathil Thankappan Ullas,
Sreelekshmy Mohandas,
Hitesh Dighe,
Pradeep Mahadev Sawant,
Savita Patil,
Dilip R. Patil,
M D Gokhale,
Basavaraj Mathapati,
A. B. Sudeep,
Sreekant Baradkar,
Abhimanyu Kumar,
Rutuja Kharde,
Malvika Salve,
Yash B. Joshi,
Nivedita Gupta,
Devendra T. Mourya
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_795_20
Subject(s) - virology , coronavirus , covid-19 , biology , coronavirus infections , zoology , geography , medicine , pathology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Bats are considered to be the natural reservoir for many viruses, of which some are potential human pathogens. In India, an association of Pteropus medius bats with the Nipah virus was reported in the past. It is suspected that the recently emerged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) also has its association with bats. To assess the presence of CoVs in bats, we performed identification and characterization of bat CoV (BtCoV) in P. medius and Rousettus species from representative States in India, collected during 2018 and 2019.