Genetic diversity of bats coronaviruses in the Atlantic Forest hotspot biome, Brazil

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Author(s):	Bentim Goes, Luiz Gustavo ; de Almeida Campos, Angelica Cristine ; de Carvalho, Cristiano ; Ambar, Guilherme ; Queiroz, Luzia Helena ; Cruz-Neto, Ariovaldo Pereira ; Munir, Muhammad ; Durigon, Edison Luiz Total Authors: 8
Document type:	Journal article
Source:	INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION; v. 44, p. 510-513, OCT 2016.
Web of Science Citations:	6
Abstract
Bats are notorious reservoirs of genetically-diverse and high-profile pathogens, and are playing crucial roles in the emergence and re-emergence of viruses, both in human and in animals. In this report, we identified and characterized previously unknown and diverse genetic clusters of bat coronaviruses in the Atlantic Forest Biome, Brazil. These results highlight the virus richness of bats and their possible roles in the public health. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU)

FAPESP's process:	08/57687-0 - Effects of global climate change of the Brazilian fauna: a conservation physiology approach
Grantee:	Carlos Arturo Navas Iannini
Support Opportunities:	Research Program on Global Climate Change - Thematic Grants


FAPESP's process:	13/11006-0 - Eco-epidemiology and molecular characterization of coronavirus in bats and rodents from distinct ecologic disturbance gradients: analysis of genetic and ecological potential for the emergence of new coronavirus in national territory
Grantee:	Luiz Gustavo Bentim Góes
Support Opportunities:	Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral