Nature Communications (Feb 2021)
Evidence for SARS-CoV-2 related coronaviruses circulating in bats and pangolins in Southeast Asia
- Supaporn Wacharapluesadee,
- Chee Wah Tan,
- Patarapol Maneeorn,
- Prateep Duengkae,
- Feng Zhu,
- Yutthana Joyjinda,
- Thongchai Kaewpom,
- Wan Ni Chia,
- Weenassarin Ampoot,
- Beng Lee Lim,
- Kanthita Worachotsueptrakun,
- Vivian Chih-Wei Chen,
- Nutthinee Sirichan,
- Chanida Ruchisrisarod,
- Apaporn Rodpan,
- Kirana Noradechanon,
- Thanawadee Phaichana,
- Niran Jantarat,
- Boonchu Thongnumchaima,
- Changchun Tu,
- Gary Crameri,
- Martha M. Stokes,
- Thiravat Hemachudha,
- Lin-Fa Wang
Affiliations
- Supaporn Wacharapluesadee
- Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Diseases Health Science Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
- Chee Wah Tan
- Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School
- Patarapol Maneeorn
- Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
- Prateep Duengkae
- Forest Biology Department, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University
- Feng Zhu
- Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School
- Yutthana Joyjinda
- Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Diseases Health Science Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
- Thongchai Kaewpom
- Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Diseases Health Science Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
- Wan Ni Chia
- Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School
- Weenassarin Ampoot
- Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Diseases Health Science Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
- Beng Lee Lim
- Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School
- Kanthita Worachotsueptrakun
- Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Diseases Health Science Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
- Vivian Chih-Wei Chen
- Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School
- Nutthinee Sirichan
- Forest Biology Department, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University
- Chanida Ruchisrisarod
- Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Diseases Health Science Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
- Apaporn Rodpan
- Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Diseases Health Science Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
- Kirana Noradechanon
- Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
- Thanawadee Phaichana
- Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
- Niran Jantarat
- Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
- Boonchu Thongnumchaima
- Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
- Changchun Tu
- Changchun Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Gary Crameri
- CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory
- Martha M. Stokes
- Biological Threat Reduction Program, Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- Thiravat Hemachudha
- Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Diseases Health Science Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
- Lin-Fa Wang
- Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Diseases Health Science Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21240-1
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
A bat origin for SARS-CoV-2 has been proposed. Here, by sampling wild Rhinolophus acuminatus bats from Thailand, the authors identified a SARS-CoV-2-related coronavirus (SC2r-CoV), designated as RacCS203, with 91.5% genome similarity to SARS-CoV-2, and show that sera obtained from bats and Malayan pangolin neutralize SARS-CoV-2.
