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. 2010 Oct;10(8):785-91.
doi: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0173. Epub 2010 Jan 7.

Circulation of group 2 coronaviruses in a bat species common to urban areas in Western Europe

Chantal B E M Reusken  1 , Peter H C Lina, Annemarie Pielaat, Ankje de Vries, Cecile Dam-Deisz, Jeroen Adema, Jan Felix Drexler, Christian Drosten, Engbert A Kooi
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Circulation of group 2 coronaviruses in a bat species common to urban areas in Western Europe

Chantal B E M Reusken et al. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2010 Oct.

Abstract

Fecal samples of 211 bats representing 13 different bat species from 31 locations in the Netherlands were analyzed for the presence of coronaviruses (CoV) using a genus-wide reverse transcription (RT)-polymerase chain reaction. CoVs are known for their high potential for interspecies transmission, including zoonotic transmission with bats as reservoir hosts. For the first time, a group 2 CoV was found in a bat, Pipistrellus pipistrellus, in Europe. This is of particular interest for public health as the reservoir host is a species that is common to urban areas in most of Europe and notorious for its close interactions with humans. Four verspertilionid bat species were found to excrete group 1 CoVs, viz. Myotis daubentonii, M. dasycneme, P. pipistrellus, and Nyctalus noctula. The last species is a newly identified reservoir. The overall prevalence was 16.9% and positive bats were found at multiple widespread locations. The circulating group 1 CoV lineages were rather species associated than location associated.

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