Other Bat‐Borne Viruses

Queen, Krista; Shī, Mǎng; Anderson, Larry J.; Tong, Suxiang

doi:10.1002/9781118818824.ch9

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“…Coronaviruses were previously detected in E. spelaea in the Philippines, but no sequence data were generated (Watanabe et al., ). Eonycteris spelaea has also previously been reported to harbour a paramyxovirus in China (Yuan et al., ), Phnom‐Penh bat virus (Queen et al., ), Issyk‐kul virus (Calisher et al., ) and were also seropositive for Nipah virus in Malaysia (Yob et al., ).…”

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Identification of a Lineage D Betacoronavirus in Cave Nectar Bats (Eonycteris spelaea ) in Singapore and an Overview of Lineage D Reservoir Ecology in SE Asian Bats

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Neves

et al. 2016

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Coronaviruses are a diverse group of viruses that infect mammals and birds. Bats are reservoirs for several different coronaviruses in the Alphacoronavirus and Betacoronavirus genera. They also appear to be the natural reservoir for the ancestral viruses that generated the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreaks. Here, we detected coronavirus sequences in next-generation sequence data created from Eonycteris spelaea faeces and urine. We also screened by PCR urine samples, faecal samples and rectal swabs collected from six species of bats in Singapore between 2011 and 2014, all of which were negative. The phylogenetic analysis indicates this novel strain is most closely related to lineage D Betacoronaviruses detected in a diverse range of bat species. This is the second time that coronaviruses have been detected in cave nectar bats, but the first coronavirus sequence data generated from this species. Bat species from which this group of coronaviruses has been detected are widely distributed across SE Asia, South Asia and Southern China. They overlap geographically, often share roosting sites and have been witnessed to forage on the same plant. The addition of sequence data from this group of viruses will allow us to better understand coronavirus evolution and host specificity.

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Identification of a Lineage D Betacoronavirus in Cave Nectar Bats (Eonycteris spelaea ) in Singapore and an Overview of Lineage D Reservoir Ecology in SE Asian Bats

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Borthwick

Neves

et al. 2016

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“…Two families of positive-sense singlestranded RNA viruses are of particular interest: Astroviridae and Coronaviridae. Whether astroviruses (AstVs) and coronaviruses (CoVs) cause acute or chronic infection in bats is still unclear (Chu et al 2006(Chu et al , 2008(Chu et al , 2009Dominguez et al 2007;Shi 2010;Tang et al 2006), and previous studies have reported no apparent clinical signs of disease in AstVor CoV-infected bats (Dominguez et al 2007;Poon et al 2005;Queen et al 2015;Tang et al 2006;Xiao et al 2011). CoVs are an important cause of diseases in humans and other animals and have been found in more than 100 bat species in America, Africa, Europe, Australia and Asia (Woo et al 2009;Ge et al 2015).…”

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“…Studies on coronavirus ecology are particularly interesting because the transmission of CoVs between animals, including humans, is expected to continue (Ge et al 2015). Although AstVs are not known to cause EIDs, they are a suitable model to understand the ecology of RNA viruses because they have typically high prevalence rates in bat populations (Chu et al 2008;Queen et al 2015;Young and Olival 2016).…”

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Seasonal Fluctuations of Astrovirus, But Not Coronavirus Shedding in Bats Inhabiting Human-Modified Tropical Forests

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Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) are considered a major threat to global health. Most EIDs appear to result from increased contact between wildlife and humans, especially when humans encroach into formerly pristine habitats. Habitat deterioration may also negatively affect the physiology and health of wildlife species, which may eventually lead to a higher susceptibility to infectious agents and/or increased shedding of the pathogens causing EIDs. Bats are known to host viruses closely related to important EIDs. Here, we tested in a paleotropical forest with ongoing logging and fragmentation, whether habitat disturbance influences the occurrence of astro- and coronaviruses in eight bat species. In contrast to our hypothesis, anthropogenic habitat disturbance was not associated with corona- and astrovirus detection rates in fecal samples. However, we found that bats infected with either astro- or coronaviruses were likely to be coinfected with the respective other virus. Additionally, we identified two more risk factors influencing astrovirus shedding. First, the detection rate of astroviruses was higher at the beginning of the rainy compared to the dry season. Second, there was a trend that individuals with a poor body condition had a higher probability of shedding astroviruses in their feces. The identification of risk factors for increased viral shedding that may potentially result in increased interspecies transmission is important to prevent viral spillovers from bats to other animals, including humans.

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“…The Arenaviridae family is divided into two groups—or “complexes”—based on their antigenic properties: i) the Lassa-Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis complex, present in the Old World, and ii) the Tacaribe complex, in the New World (Queen et al 2015 ). These complexes are also differentiated based on the family of rodents carrying them: Muridae in the Old World and Cricetidae in the New World (Arata and Gratz 1975 ).…”

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A Review of Mammarenaviruses and Rodent Reservoirs in the Americas

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In the Americas, infectious viral diseases caused by viruses of the genus Mammarenavirus have been reported since the 1960s. Such diseases have commonly been associated with land use changes, which favor abundance of generalist rodent species. In the Americas—where the rates of land use change are among the highest worldwide—at least 1326 of all 2277 known rodent species have been reported. We conducted a literature review of studies between 1960 and 2020, to establish the current and historical knowledge about genotypes of mammarenaviruses and their rodent reservoirs in the Americas. Our overall goal was to show the importance of focusing research efforts on the American continent, since the conditions exist for future viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) outbreaks caused by rodent-borne viruses, in turn, carried by widely distributed rodents. We found 47 species identified down to the species level, and one species identified only down to the genus level (Oryzomys sp.), reported in the Americas as reservoirs of mammarenaviruses, most these are ecological generalists. These species associate with 29 genotypes of Mammarenavirus, seven of which have been linked to VHFs in humans. We also highlight the need to monitor these species, in order to prevent viral disease outbreaks in the region.

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Other Bat‐Borne Viruses

Cited by 4 publications

References 134 publications

Identification of a Lineage D Betacoronavirus in Cave Nectar Bats (Eonycteris spelaea ) in Singapore and an Overview of Lineage D Reservoir Ecology in SE Asian Bats

Identification of a Lineage D Betacoronavirus in Cave Nectar Bats (Eonycteris spelaea ) in Singapore and an Overview of Lineage D Reservoir Ecology in SE Asian Bats

Seasonal Fluctuations of Astrovirus, But Not Coronavirus Shedding in Bats Inhabiting Human-Modified Tropical Forests

A Review of Mammarenaviruses and Rodent Reservoirs in the Americas

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