Alpha and lineage C betaCoV infections in Italian bats

53Citations
Citations of this article
63Readers
Mendeley users who have this article in their library.

This article is free to access.

Abstract

AlphaCoV and lineage C betaCoV, genetically similar to those identified in Spanish related bat species, have been detected in Italian Myotis blithii and Eptesicus serotinus, respectively, out of 75 anal swabs collected from Vespertilionidae between 2009 and 2012. Sequence analysis of the 816-bp obtained RdRp sequence fragment indicates a 96.9 % amino acid identity of the Italian lineage C betaCoV with the recent Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV, Genbank accession number KF192507). This is the first documented occurrence of a lineage C betaCoV in the Italian bat population, notably in E. serotinus. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Cite

CITATION STYLE

APA

De Benedictis, P., Marciano, S., Scaravelli, D., Priori, P., Zecchin, B., Capua, I., … Cattoli, G. (2014). Alpha and lineage C betaCoV infections in Italian bats. Virus Genes, 48(2), 366–371. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-013-1008-x

Register to see more suggestions

Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.

Already have an account?

Save time finding and organizing research with Mendeley

Sign up for free