Department of Veterinary Medicine, FZEA-USP, University of Sao Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil.
Graduate Program in Experimental Epidemiology Applied to Zoonoses, FMVZ-USP, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Transbound Emerg Dis. 2022 Sep;69(5):e2863-e2875. doi: 10.1111/tbed.14636. Epub 2022 Jul 12.
Bat coronaviruses (Bat-CoVs) represent around 35% of all virus genomes described in bats. Brazil has one of the highest mammal species diversity, with 181 species of bats described so far. However, few Bat-CoV surveillance programmes were carried out in the country. Thus, our aim was to jevaluate the Bat-CoV diversity in the Atlantic Forest, the second biome with the highest number of bat species in Brazil. We analysed 456 oral and rectal swabs and 22 tissue samples from Atlantic Forest bats, detecting Alphacoronavirus in 44 swab samples (9.6%) targeting the RdRp gene from seven different bat species, three of which 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, belonging to four subgenera, 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 the sequence of D. ecaudata with CoV from Desmodus rotundus previously detected in Peru and Brazil, belonging to the Amalacovirus subgenus, 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.
蝙蝠冠状病毒(Bat-CoVs)约占蝙蝠中描述的所有病毒基因组的 35%。巴西拥有最多的哺乳动物物种多样性,目前已描述了 181 种蝙蝠。然而,该国进行的蝙蝠-CoV 监测计划很少。因此,我们的目的是评估大西洋森林中蝙蝠-CoV 的多样性,该森林是巴西蝙蝠物种数量第二多的生物群落。我们分析了来自大西洋森林蝙蝠的 456 个口腔和直肠拭子和 22 个组织样本,针对 RdRp 基因从七种不同蝙蝠物种检测到了 AlphaCoV,其中三种蝙蝠从未被描述为 Bat-CoV 宿主。编码 RdRp 基因的氨基酸(aa)序列的系统发育分析将我们研究中获得的序列与先前在相同或同属蝙蝠物种中检测到的 Bat-CoV 分组在一起,属于四个亚属,具有很高的 aa 同一性(超过 90%)。 RdRp 基因也在 Diphylla ecaudata 和 Sturnira lilium 的三个组织样本中被检测到,并且成功地在 D. ecaudata 的五个组织和拭子样本中成功测序了部分 S 基因。基于此处获得的部分 S 基因的系统发育分析将 D. ecaudata 的序列与以前在秘鲁和巴西检测到的 Desmodus rotundus 的 CoV 分组在一起,属于 Amalacovirus 亚属,aa 同一性在 73.6%至 88.8%之间。我们的数据加强了冠状病毒在巴西蝙蝠中的广泛分布以及三种蝙蝠作为 Bat-CoV 宿主的新颖性,以及巴西四种 AlphaCoV 亚属的共同循环。