Volume 15, Number 3—March 2009
Dispatch
Detection of Novel SARS-like and Other Coronaviruses in Bats from Kenya
Table
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.