Volume 14, Number 12—December 2008
Dispatch
Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Group 1 Coronaviruses in South American Bats
Christine V.F. Carrington
, Jerome E. Foster, Hua Chen Zhu, Jin Xia Zhang, Gavin J.D. Smith, Nadin Thompson, Albert J. Auguste, Vernie Ramkissoon, Abiodun A. Adesiyun, and Yi Guan
, Jerome E. Foster, Hua Chen Zhu, Jin Xia Zhang, Gavin J.D. Smith, Nadin Thompson, Albert J. Auguste, Vernie Ramkissoon, Abiodun A. Adesiyun, and Yi GuanTable
Number and location of bat species collected and tested from December2006 through July 2007, with bat coronavirus species status
| Species (family) | Location (no.) | Total no. tested (no. positive) |
|---|---|---|
| Carollia perspicillata (Phyllostomidae) | Arima (2), Fyzabad (2)*, Tabaquite (1) | 5 (1) |
| Glossophaga soricina (Phyllostomidae) | Couva (12)*, Tabaquite (7) | 21 (1) |
| Noctilio leporinus (Noctilionidae) | Couva (6) | 6 (0) |
| Desmodus rotundus (Phyllostomidae) | Fyzabad (3), Morne Diablo (3), Rousillac (1), La Brae (7) | 14 (0) |
| Pteronotus parnelli (Mormoopidae) | Tabaquite (29), Wallerfield (2) | 31 (0) |
| Molossus major (Molossidae) | Talparo (25) | 25 (0) |
| Mormoops sp. (Mormoopidae) | Tamana (1) | 1 (0) |
| Phyllostomus hastatus (Phyllostomidae) |
Wallerfield (11) |
11 (0) |
| Total | 10 locations; 8 species | 114 (2) |
*Indicates group from which coronavirus positive bats originated.
