Ecology, evolution and spillover of coronaviruses from bats

M Ruiz-Aravena, C McKee, A Gamble, T Lunn… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
In the past two decades, three coronaviruses with ancestral origins in bats have emerged
and caused widespread outbreaks in humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome …

Ecology, evolution and classification of bat coronaviruses in the aftermath of SARS

JF Drexler, VM Corman, C Drosten - Antiviral research, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract In 2002/2003, a novel coronavirus (CoV) caused a pandemic, infecting more than
8000 people, of whom nearly 10% died. This virus, termed severe acute respiratory …

Emergence of bat-related betacoronaviruses: hazard and risks

R Frutos, J Serra-Cobo, L Pinault… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The current Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, with more than 111 million
reported cases and 2,500,000 deaths worldwide (mortality rate currently estimated at 2.2%) …

Role of Brazilian bats in the epidemiological cycle of potentially zoonotic pathogens

D Castelo-Branco, JA Nobre, PRH Souza… - Microbial …, 2023 - Elsevier
Bats (Chiroptera) are flying mammals of great biodiversity and habits. These characteristics
contribute for them being natural reservoirs and part of the epidemiological cycle of several …

Virome of bat guano from nine Northern California roosts

Y Li, E Altan, G Reyes, B Halstead, X Deng… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.asm.org
Bats are hosts to a large variety of viruses, including many capable of cross-species
transmissions to other mammals, including humans. We characterized the virome in guano …

Genomic representation predicts an asymptotic host adaptation of bat coronaviruses using deep learning

J Li, F Tian, S Zhang, SS Liu, XP Kang, YD Li… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Coronaviruses (CoVs) are naturally found in bats and can occasionally cause
infection and transmission in humans and other mammals. Our study aimed to build a deep …

[HTML][HTML] Coronaviruses in bats: A review for the Americas

I Hernández-Aguilar, C Lorenzo, A Santos-Moreno… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is the focus of attention as it has caused more than three
million human deaths globally. This and other coronaviruses, such as MERS-CoV, have …

High genetic diversity of alphacoronaviruses in bat species (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from the Atlantic Forest in Brazil

LM Bueno, LS Rizotto, AO Viana… - Transboundary and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Bat coronaviruses (Bat‐CoVs) represent around 35% of all virus genomes
described in bats. Brazil has one of the highest mammal species diversity, with 181 species …

Bat coronavirus in Brazil related to appalachian ridge and porcine epidemic diarrhea viruses

PVM Simas, AC de Souza Barnabé… - Emerging infectious …, 2015 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To the Editor: Tadarida brasiliensis (I. Geoffroy, 1824) is a species of free-tailed bat that has
resident and migratory populations in Brazil (1). This species has adapted to urban areas …

Reproduction of East-African bats may guide risk mitigation for coronavirus spillover

D Montecino-Latorre, T Goldstein, K Gilardi… - One Health …, 2020 - Springer
Background Bats provide important ecosystem services; however, current evidence supports
that they host several zoonotic viruses, including species of the Coronaviridae family. If bats …