Volume 15, Number 3—March 2009
Dispatch
Detection of Novel SARS-like and Other Coronaviruses in Bats from Kenya
Suxiang Tong
, Christina Conrardy, Susan Ruone, Ivan V. Kuzmin, Xiling Guo, Ying Tao, Michael Niezgoda, Lia Haynes, Bernard Agwanda, Robert F. Breiman, Larry J. Anderson, and Charles E. Rupprecht
, Christina Conrardy, Susan Ruone, Ivan V. Kuzmin, Xiling Guo, Ying Tao, Michael Niezgoda, Lia Haynes, Bernard Agwanda, Robert F. Breiman, Larry J. Anderson, and Charles E. RupprechtTable
Results of detection of CoV RNA in fecal swabs of bats from Kenya*
| Bat species | Geographic location | PCR results, no. positive/no. tested | Clusters |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardioderma cor | 15 | 0/10 | |
| 12 |
1/3 |
BtCoVA970-like |
|
| Chaerophon sp. | 6 | 1/14 | BtHKU7-like |
| 17 | 6/19 | BtHKU7-like, BtKY18-like, SARSCoV-like | |
| 3 |
0/5 |
||
| Chaerophon pumilus | 3 | 2/3 | HCoV229E-like |
| 11 |
0/4 |
||
| Coleura afra | 11 | 0/1 | |
| 14 |
0/1 |
||
| Eidolon helvum | 4 | 6/10 | BtKY18-like |
| Epomophorus wahlbergi | 9 | 0/3 | |
| Hipposideros commersoni |
14 |
1/10 |
BtHKU9-like |
| Hipposideros ruber | 2 | 0/4 | |
| 5 |
0/2 |
||
| Lissonycteris angolensis | 5 | 0/10 | |
| Miniopterus africanus | 10 | 1/8 | BtCoV1A-like |
| Miniopterus inflatus | 5 | 7/12 | BtCoV1A-like, BtHKU8-like |
| Miniopterus minor | 13 | 1/16 | BtCoV1A-like |
| Miniopterus natalensis | 1 | 1/7 | BtCoV1A-like |
| Neoromicia tenuipinnis | 6 | 0/4 | |
| Otomops martinsseni | 7 | 2/19 | BtHKU7-like |
| Pipistrellus sp. | 8 | 0/1 | |
| Rhinolophus hildebrandtii |
10 |
0/4 |
|
| Rhinolophus sp. | 14 | 0/1 | |
| 13 | 0/1 | ||
| 8 |
0/5 |
||
| Rousettus aegyptiacus | 1 | 2/10 | BtKY18-like |
| 2 | 2/9 | BtCoVA970-like, BtHKU9-like | |
| 16 | 6/9 | BtCoVA970-like, BtHKU9-like | |
| 13 |
2/11 |
BtHKU9-like |
|
| Taphozous hildegardeae | 14 | 0/3 | |
| Taphozous sp. |
11 |
0/2 |
|
| Total | 41/221 (19%) |
*CoV, coronavirus; SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome.
