mBio (Feb 2021)
At Least Seven Distinct Rotavirus Genotype Constellations in Bats with Evidence of Reassortment and Zoonotic Transmissions
- Ceren Simsek,
- Victor Max Corman,
- Hermann Ulrich Everling,
- Alexander N. Lukashev,
- Andrea Rasche,
- Gael Darren Maganga,
- Tabea Binger,
- Daan Jansen,
- Leen Beller,
- Ward Deboutte,
- Florian Gloza-Rausch,
- Antje Seebens-Hoyer,
- Stoian Yordanov,
- Augustina Sylverken,
- Samuel Oppong,
- Yaw Adu Sarkodie,
- Peter Vallo,
- Eric M. Leroy,
- Mathieu Bourgarel,
- Kwe Claude Yinda,
- Marc Van Ranst,
- Christian Drosten,
- Jan Felix Drexler,
- Jelle Matthijnssens
Affiliations
- Ceren Simsek
- ORCiD
- KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Victor Max Corman
- ORCiD
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Virology, Berlin, Germany
- Hermann Ulrich Everling
- Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany
- Alexander N. Lukashev
- Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
- Andrea Rasche
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Virology, Berlin, Germany
- Gael Darren Maganga
- Centre International de Recherches Médicales de Franceville, Franceville, Gabon
- Tabea Binger
- Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kumasi, Ghana
- Daan Jansen
- ORCiD
- KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Leen Beller
- KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Ward Deboutte
- KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Florian Gloza-Rausch
- Noctalis, Centre for Bat Protection and Information, Bad Segeberg, Germany
- Antje Seebens-Hoyer
- Noctalis, Centre for Bat Protection and Information, Bad Segeberg, Germany
- Stoian Yordanov
- Forestry Board Directorate of Strandja Natural Park, Malko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
- Augustina Sylverken
- Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kumasi, Ghana
- Samuel Oppong
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
- Yaw Adu Sarkodie
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
- Peter Vallo
- Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Brno, Czech Republic
- Eric M. Leroy
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 224 (MIVEGEC), IRD/CNRS/Montpellier University, Montpellier, France
- Mathieu Bourgarel
- CIRAD, UMR ASTRE, Harare, Zimbabwe
- Kwe Claude Yinda
- ORCiD
- KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Marc Van Ranst
- KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
- Christian Drosten
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Virology, Berlin, Germany
- Jan Felix Drexler
- ORCiD
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Virology, Berlin, Germany
- Jelle Matthijnssens
- ORCiD
- KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02755-20
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
Abstract
The increased research on bat coronaviruses after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) allowed the very rapid identification of SARS-CoV-2. This is an excellent example of the importance of knowing viruses harbored by wildlife in general, and bats in particular, for global preparedness against emerging viral pathogens.
