Volume 13, Number 10—October 2007
Research
Evolutionary Relationships between Bat Coronaviruses and Their Hosts
Jie Cui*†1, Naijian Han‡1, Daniel Streicker§, Gang Li‡, Xianchun Tang*, Zhengli Shi¶, Zhihong Hu¶, Guoping Zhao#, Arnaud Fontanet**, Yi Guan††, Linfa Wang‡‡, Gareth Jones§§, Hume E. Field¶¶, Shuyi Zhang*
, and Peter Daszak##
, and Peter Daszak## Table
Bat host species analyzed and their typical roosting sites*
| Host species | No. sampled (no. RT positive) | Roosting sites | GenBank accession no.† | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miniopterus magnater | 365 (56) | Caves | EF517305‡ | Hubei, China |
| EF517306‡ | Yunnan, China | |||
| EF517308‡ | Hainan, China | |||
| EF517307‡ |
Hong Kong, China |
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| Myotis ricketti | 76 (14) | Caves | EF517316‡ | Beijing, China |
| AB106608 | Guangdong, China | |||
| AJ504452 |
Laos |
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| Pipistrellus abramus | 55 (18) | Old buildings | AB085739 | Japan |
| AJ504448 |
Taiwan |
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| P. pipistrellus |
27 (6) |
Old buildings |
AJ504443 |
Taiwan |
| Scotophilus kuhlii | 43 (5) | Under palm leaves | EF543860‡ | Hainan |
| Tylonycteris pachypus | 35 (6) | Internodes of bamboo | EF517315‡ | Guangdong, China |
| EF517313‡ | Guangxi, China | |||
| EF517314‡ |
Hong Kong, China |
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| Rhinolophus ferrumequinum | 49 (5) | Caves | DQ297575 | Yunnan, China |
| DQ351847 | Jilin, China | |||
| AB085725 |
Japan |
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| R. macrotis | 8 (1) | Caves | EF517311‡ | Yunnan, China |
| EF517312‡ |
Yunnan, China |
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| R. pearsoni | 78 (4) | Caves | EF517309‡ | Guizhou, China |
| EF517310‡ | Yunnan, China | |||
| DQ297587 |
Sichuan, China |
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| R. sinicus | 125 (24) | Caves | EF517303‡ | Guizhou, China |
| EF517304‡ | Guizhou, China |
*Bats roosting in caves usually have higher population densities and greater chances of physical contact. RT, reverse transcription.
†For mitochondrial cytochome b gene sequences.
‡These sequences were provided by our laboratory.
