Detection and Characterization of Bat Sarbecovirus Phylogenetically Related to SARS-CoV-2, Japan

Epidemiology of bat Betacoronavirus, subgenus Sarbecovirus is largely unknown, especially outside China. We detected a sarbecovirus phylogenetically related to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from Rhinolophus cornutus bats in Japan. The sarbecovirus' spike protein specifically recognizes angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 of R. cornutus, but not humans, as an entry receptor.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Emerging infectious diseases - 26(2020), 12 vom: 29. Dez., Seite 3025-3029

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Murakami, Shin [VerfasserIn]
Kitamura, Tomoya [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Jin [VerfasserIn]
Sato, Ryouta [VerfasserIn]
Aoi, Toshiki [VerfasserIn]
Fujii, Marina [VerfasserIn]
Matsugo, Hiromichi [VerfasserIn]
Kamiki, Haruhiko [VerfasserIn]
Ishida, Hiroho [VerfasserIn]
Takenaka-Uema, Akiko [VerfasserIn]
Shimojima, Masayuki [VerfasserIn]
Horimoto, Taisuke [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
Bat sarbecovirus
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Coronavirus disease
EC 3.4.17.23
Japan
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Respiratory infections
Rhinolophus cornutus
SARS
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2
Viruses
Zoonoses

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Date Completed 04.12.2020

Date Revised 14.12.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3201/eid2612.203386

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM317868268