Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Detection of Group 1 Coronaviruses in Bats in North America

Samuel R. Dominguez*¹, Thomas J. O’Shea†¹, Lauren M. Oko*, and Kathryn V. Holmes*

Author affiliations: *University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA; †US Geological Survey, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA;

Reverse transcription–PCR analysis of coronaviruses in Rocky Mountain bats*

Location	Bat species	No. bats tested	Anal (positive/total)	Oral (positive/total)	Fecal (positive/total)	Positive samples
Site 1	Tadarida brasiliensis	1	ND	0/1	ND
	Myotis occultus	8	0/3	0/6	1/2	Bat 27
Site 2	Eptesicus fuscus	21	0/21	ND	1/3	Bat 65
Site 3	M. ciliolabrum	1	ND	ND	0/1
	M. evotis	1	ND	ND	0/1
Site 4	E. fuscus	4	0/1	0/2	0/3
	M. evotis	3	0/2	0/1	0/1
	Lasionycteris noctivagans	2	ND	0/2	0/2
	M. volans	7	0/2	0/4	0/6
	T. brasiliensis	1	ND	0/1	0/1
	M. occultus	8	ND	0/5	4/8	Bats 3, 6, 11, 48
	Total	57	0/29	0/22	6/28

*ND, not determined (no samples available for analysis).

¹These authors contributed equally to this article.