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Bueno LM, Rizotto LS, Viana ADO, Silva LMN, de Moraes MVDS, Benassi JC, Scagion GP, Dorlass EG, Lopes BLT, Cunha IN, Melinski R, de Alvarenga IF, Leitão GL, Rodrigues RC, Pereira IMDS, Santos LDND, Fisch F, Rocha AD, Port D, Pereira GS, Greatti A, Barnabé ACDS, Tsukamoto J, Hingst-Zaher E, Junior SMDA, Junior WRT, Branco JO, Ometto T, de Araujo J, Arns CW, Ferreira HL, Durigon EEL. High genetic diversity of alphacoronaviruses in bat species (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. Transbound Emerg Dis 2022; 69:e2863-e2875. [PMID: 35729863 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Bat coronaviruses (Bat-CoV) represent around 35% of all virus genomes described in bats. Brazil has one of the highest mammal species diversities, with 181 species of bats described so far. However, few Bat-CoV surveillance programs were carried out in the country. Thus, our aim was to evaluate the Bat-CoV diversity in the Atlantic Forest, the second biome with the highest number of bat species in Brazil. We analyzed 456 oral and rectal swabs and 22 tissue samples from Atlantic Forest bats, detecting Alphacoronavirus in 44 swab samples (9.64%) targeting the RdRp gene from seven different bat species, three of them that have never been described as Bat-CoV hosts. Phylogenetic analysis of the amino acid (aa) sequences coding the RdRp gene grouped the sequences obtained in our study with Bat-CoV previously detected in identical or congeneric bat species, with high aa identity (over 90%). The RdRp gene was also detected in three tissue samples from Diphylla ecaudata and Sturnira lilium, and the partial S gene was successfully sequenced in five tissues and swab samples of D. ecaudata. The phylogenetic analysis based on the partial S gene obtained here grouped with the sequence of D. ecaudata with CoV from Desmodus rotundus previously detected in Peru and Brazil, with aa identity ranging from 73.6% to 88.8%. Our data reinforce the wide distribution of Coronaviruses in bats from Brazil and the novelty of three bats species as Bat-CoV hosts and the co-circulation of four Alphacoronavirus subgenera in Brazil. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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Affiliation(s)
- Larissa Mayumi Bueno
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, FZEA- USP, University of Sao Paulo, 225 Av Duque de Caxias Norte, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Experimental Epidemiology Applied to Zoonoses, FMVZ-USP, University of São Paulo, 87 Prof. Orlando Marques de Paiva Avenue, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, 1374 Prof. Lineu Prestes Avenue, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Experimental Epidemiology Applied to Zoonoses, FMVZ-USP, University of São Paulo, 87 Prof. Orlando Marques de Paiva Avenue, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Experimental Epidemiology Applied to Zoonoses, FMVZ-USP, University of São Paulo, 87 Prof. Orlando Marques de Paiva Avenue, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, FZEA- USP, University of Sao Paulo, 225 Av Duque de Caxias Norte, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, 1374 Prof. Lineu Prestes Avenue, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, 1374 Prof. Lineu Prestes Avenue, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Biological Museum, Instituto Butantan, 1500 Vital Brasil Avenue, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Biological Museum, Instituto Butantan, 1500 Vital Brasil Avenue, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Biological Museum, Instituto Butantan, 1500 Vital Brasil Avenue, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Biology Departament, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Dom Manuel de Medeiros Street, Recife, PE, Brazil
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- School of Sea, Science and Technology, University of Vale do Itajaí, 458 Uruguai Street, Itajaí, SC, Brazil
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- School of Sea, Science and Technology, University of Vale do Itajaí, 458 Uruguai Street, Itajaí, SC, Brazil
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- Brusque Educational Foundation, 123 Dorval Luz Street, Brusque, SC, Brazil
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- School of Sea, Science and Technology, University of Vale do Itajaí, 458 Uruguai Street, Itajaí, SC, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Bioagents, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Bioagents, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Bioagents, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Biological Museum, Instituto Butantan, 1500 Vital Brasil Avenue, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- School of Sea, Science and Technology, University of Vale do Itajaí, 458 Uruguai Street, Itajaí, SC, Brazil
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- Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, 1374 Prof. Lineu Prestes Avenue, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, 1374 Prof. Lineu Prestes Avenue, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Evolution and Bioagents, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas, Cidade Universitária Zeferino Vaz, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, FZEA- USP, University of Sao Paulo, 225 Av Duque de Caxias Norte, Pirassununga, SP, Brazil.,Graduate Program in Experimental Epidemiology Applied to Zoonoses, FMVZ-USP, University of São Paulo, 87 Prof. Orlando Marques de Paiva Avenue, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Biomedical Science, University of São Paulo, 1374 Prof. Lineu Prestes Avenue, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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