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Detection of novel coronaviruses from dusky fruit bat (Penthetor lucasi) in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo

Background: Sarawak has one of the highest diversity of fruit bats species (family Pteropodidae) in Malaysia, with 19 species described. Most coronavirus (CoV) studies have mainly focused on insectivorous bats, resulting in a lack of information on CoVs present in frugivorous bats. In addition, bat...

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Main Authors: Sultana Parvin, Habeebur-Rahman, Vaenessa, Noni, Faisal Ali, Anwarali Khan, Tan, Cheng Siang
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Language:English
Published: John Wiley and Sons 2023
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QL Zoology
QR Microbiology
QR355 Virology
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42721/3/Detection.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42721/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/vms3.1251
https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1251
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spelling my.unimas.ir.427212023-09-04T01:20:25Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42721/ Detection of novel coronaviruses from dusky fruit bat (Penthetor lucasi) in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo Sultana Parvin, Habeebur-Rahman Vaenessa, Noni Faisal Ali, Anwarali Khan Tan, Cheng Siang QL Zoology QR Microbiology QR355 Virology Background: Sarawak has one of the highest diversity of fruit bats species (family Pteropodidae) in Malaysia, with 19 species described. Most coronavirus (CoV) studies have mainly focused on insectivorous bats, resulting in a lack of information on CoVs present in frugivorous bats. In addition, bat CoV surveillance activities are lacking in Malaysia. Objectives: Our study focuses on determining the presence of bat CoVs in dusky fruit bat (Penthetor lucasi). Methods: Guano samples belonging to P. lucasi were collected from Wind Cave Nature Reserve. The samples were screened for the presence of CoVs using validated heminested consensus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase consensus primers. Results: The bat CoV positivity rate was 38.5% (n = 15/39), with the viruses belonging to two subgenera: Alphacoronavirus (α-CoV) and betacoronavirus (β-CoV). Phylogenetic analysis revealed that CoVs from 14 samples of P. lucasi belong to the genus α-CoV and may represent previously described genetic lineages in insectivorous bats in Wind Cave. However, only one sample of P. lucasi was detected with β-CoV which is closely related to subgenus Nobecovirus, which is commonly seen in frugivorous bats. Conclusions: This study provides the first available data on CoVs circulating in P. lucasi. John Wiley and Sons 2023-09-02 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42721/3/Detection.pdf Sultana Parvin, Habeebur-Rahman and Vaenessa, Noni and Faisal Ali, Anwarali Khan and Tan, Cheng Siang (2023) Detection of novel coronaviruses from dusky fruit bat (Penthetor lucasi) in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Veterinary Medicine and Science. pp. 1-8. ISSN 2053-1095 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/vms3.1251 https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1251
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topic QL Zoology
QR Microbiology
QR355 Virology
spellingShingle QL Zoology
QR Microbiology
QR355 Virology
Sultana Parvin, Habeebur-Rahman
Vaenessa, Noni
Faisal Ali, Anwarali Khan
Tan, Cheng Siang
Detection of novel coronaviruses from dusky fruit bat (Penthetor lucasi) in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
description Background: Sarawak has one of the highest diversity of fruit bats species (family Pteropodidae) in Malaysia, with 19 species described. Most coronavirus (CoV) studies have mainly focused on insectivorous bats, resulting in a lack of information on CoVs present in frugivorous bats. In addition, bat CoV surveillance activities are lacking in Malaysia. Objectives: Our study focuses on determining the presence of bat CoVs in dusky fruit bat (Penthetor lucasi). Methods: Guano samples belonging to P. lucasi were collected from Wind Cave Nature Reserve. The samples were screened for the presence of CoVs using validated heminested consensus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase consensus primers. Results: The bat CoV positivity rate was 38.5% (n = 15/39), with the viruses belonging to two subgenera: Alphacoronavirus (α-CoV) and betacoronavirus (β-CoV). Phylogenetic analysis revealed that CoVs from 14 samples of P. lucasi belong to the genus α-CoV and may represent previously described genetic lineages in insectivorous bats in Wind Cave. However, only one sample of P. lucasi was detected with β-CoV which is closely related to subgenus Nobecovirus, which is commonly seen in frugivorous bats. Conclusions: This study provides the first available data on CoVs circulating in P. lucasi.
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author Sultana Parvin, Habeebur-Rahman
Vaenessa, Noni
Faisal Ali, Anwarali Khan
Tan, Cheng Siang
author_facet Sultana Parvin, Habeebur-Rahman
Vaenessa, Noni
Faisal Ali, Anwarali Khan
Tan, Cheng Siang
author_sort Sultana Parvin, Habeebur-Rahman
title Detection of novel coronaviruses from dusky fruit bat (Penthetor lucasi) in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
title_short Detection of novel coronaviruses from dusky fruit bat (Penthetor lucasi) in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
title_full Detection of novel coronaviruses from dusky fruit bat (Penthetor lucasi) in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
title_fullStr Detection of novel coronaviruses from dusky fruit bat (Penthetor lucasi) in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
title_full_unstemmed Detection of novel coronaviruses from dusky fruit bat (Penthetor lucasi) in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
title_sort detection of novel coronaviruses from dusky fruit bat (penthetor lucasi) in sarawak, malaysian borneo
publisher John Wiley and Sons
publishDate 2023
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42721/3/Detection.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/42721/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/vms3.1251
https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1251
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