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Presence of Alphacoronavirus in Tree- and Crevice-Dwelling Bats from Portugal [PDF]

Viruses
Coronaviruses (CoVs) are RNA viruses capable of infecting a wide range of hosts, including mammals and birds, and have caused significant epidemics such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Mahima Hemnani, Priscilla Gomes da Silva, Gertrude Thompson, Patrícia Poeta, Hugo Rebelo, João R. Mesquita   +5 more
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First Detection of Alphacoronavirus in Bats from the World’s Largest Wetland, the Pantanal, Brazil [PDF]

Pathogens
Coronaviruses (CoV) infect a wide variety of hosts, causing epidemics in humans, birds, and mammals over the years. Bats (order Chiroptera) are one of the natural hosts of the Coronaviridae family. They represent 40% of the total number of mammal species
Tayane B. S. Magalhães, Amanda de O. Viana, Thiago B. F. Semedo, Juliane S. Saldanha, Nicole A. dos Reis, Nathalia de A. Pereira, Rachel V. P. de Barros, Hannah R. Miranda, Gabriella C. Almeida, Desyrée Y. S. R. Ozaki, Giovana S. Caleiro, Gustavo O. Fenner, Fernanda P. Vizu, Theo Kraiser, Thais P. Carvalho, Luciano M. Thomazelli, Erick G. Dorlass, Clarice W. Arns, Helena L. Ferreira, Erika Hingst-Zaher, Rogério Vieira Rossi, Guilherme S. T. Garbino, Edison L. Durigon, Jansen de Araujo, Daniel M. de Aguiar   +24 more
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Human alphacoronavirus replication and innate immune induction in airway culture systems [PDF]

mBio
Compared with lethal betacoronaviruses, there is limited knowledge of how human alphacoronaviruses HCoV-NL63 (NL63) and HCoV-229E (229E) interact with host innate immune responses.
Alejandra Fausto, Clayton J. Otter, Leonel Torres, Ebba K. Blomqvist, Nicole Bracci, David M. Renner, Li Hui Tan, Devon Mooring, Nadine Ebert, Bettina Trüeb, Volker Thiel, Noam A. Cohen, James M. Burke, Susan R. Weiss   +13 more
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Receptor-binding loops in alphacoronavirus adaptation and evolution [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2017
Coronaviruses have a relatively high mutation rate, potentially allowing fast adaptation to changing pressures. Here, Wong et al. provide the structure of the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the human coronavirus HCoV-229E and its receptor and analyze ...
Alan H. M. Wong, Aidan C. A. Tomlinson, Dongxia Zhou, Malathy Satkunarajah, Kevin Chen, Chetna Sharon, Marc Desforges, Pierre J. Talbot, James M. Rini   +8 more
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New Alphacoronavirus in Mystacina tuberculata Bats, New Zealand [PDF]

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Because of recent interest in bats as reservoirs of emerging diseases, we investigated the presence of viruses in Mystacina tuberculata bats in New Zealand. A novel alphacoronavirus sequence was detected in guano from roosts of M.
Richard J. Hall, Jing Wang, Matthew Peacey, Nicole E. Moore, Kate McInnes, Daniel M. Tompkins   +5 more
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Detection of Alphacoronavirus vRNA in the Feces of Brazilian Free-Tailed Bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) from a Colony in Florida, USA [PDF]

Diseases, 2017
Bats are natural reservoirs of coronaviruses and other viruses with zoonotic potential. Florida has indigenous non-migratory populations of Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) that mostly roost in colonies in artificial structures.
Tania S. Bonny, John P. Driver, Taylor Paisie, Marco Salemi, John Glenn Morris, Lisa A. Shender, Lisa Smith, Carolyn Enloe, Kevin Oxenrider, Jeffery A. Gore, Julia C. Loeb, Chang-Yu Wu, John A. Lednicky   +12 more
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Improving Virus Taxonomy by Recontextualizing Sequence-Based Classification with Biologically Relevant Data: the Case of the Alphacoronavirus 1 Species

mSphere, 2018
The difficulties related to virus taxonomy have been amplified by recent advances in next-generation sequencing and metagenomics, prompting the field to revisit the question of what constitutes a useful viral classification.
Gary R. Whittaker, Nicole M. André, Jean Kaoru Millet   +2 more
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Virome and Microbiome of Florida Bats Illuminate Viral Co-Infections, Dietary Viral Signals, and Gut Microbiome Shifts [PDF]

Microorganisms
Florida’s bat virome remains poorly characterized despite the state’s high bat species diversity and conservation importance. We characterized viral metagenomes from rectal tissues, anal swabs, and feces of Myotis austroriparius and Tadarida brasiliensis
Julia E. Paoli, Thanaporn Thongthum, Maclean Bassett, Jakob Beardsley, Massimiliano S. Tagliamonte, Melanie N. Cash, Jason Spertus Newman, Lisa M. Smith, Benjamin D. Anderson, Marco Salemi, Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Michael E. von Fricken, Elizabeth Braun de Torrez, Verity Mathis, Carla N. Mavian   +14 more
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Detection and genetic characterization of alphacoronaviruses in co-roosting bat species, southeastern Kenya. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Bats are associated with some of the most significant and virulent emerging zoonoses globally, yet research and surveillance of bat pathogens remains limited across parts of the world.
Joseph G Ogola, Hussein Alburkat, Teemu Smura, Lauri Kareinen, Ravi Kant, Essi M Korhonen, Tamika J Lunn, Moses Masika, Paul W Webala, Philip Nyaga, Omu Anzala, Olli Vapalahti, Kristian M Forbes, Tarja A Sironen   +13 more
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Diversity and spillover risk of swine acute diarrhea syndrome and related coronaviruses in China and Southeast Asia [PDF]

mBio
Bats are the reservoir hosts of emerging coronaviruses (CoVs) affecting human and livestock health. We assessed the diversity, evolution, and geographic distribution of two alphacoronaviruses (subgenus Rhinacovirus) with considerable potential for ...
Alice Latinne, Li-Biao Zhang, Cadhla Firth, Guangjian Zhu, Kevin J. Olival, Cecilia A. Sánchez, Shirley Chen, Noam Ross, Hongying Li, Aleksei A. Chmura, Peter Daszak   +10 more
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