Volume 16, Number 8—August 2010
Research
Bat Coronaviruses and Experimental Infection of Bats, the Philippines
Shumpei Watanabe, Joseph S. Masangkay, Noriyo Nagata, Shigeru Morikawa, Tetsuya Mizutani, Shuetsu Fukushi, Phillip Alviola, Tsutomu Omatsu, Naoya Ueda, Koichiro Iha, Satoshi Taniguchi, Hikaru Fujii, Shumpei Tsuda, Maiko Endoh, Kentaro Kato, Yukinobu Tohya, Shigeru Kyuwa, Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, and Hiroomi Akashi
Table 1
Prevalence of coronavirus in bats, the Philippines
| Sampling site | Common name (species) | No. intestine samples tested | No. positive (group 1) | No. positive (group 2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Baños |
Lesser dog-faced fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Cave nectar bat (Eonycteris spelaea) | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Greater musky fruit bat (Ptenochirus jagori) |
14 |
0 |
11 |
|
| Diliman (site A) |
Lesser dog-faced fruit bat (C. brachyotis) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cave nectar bat (E. spelaea) | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greater musky fruit bat (P. jagori) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Diliman (site B) |
Cave nectar bat (E. spelaea) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Java pipistrelle bat (Pipistrellus javanicas) | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lesser Asiatic yellow bat (Scotphilus kuhlii) |
4 |
4 |
0 |
|
| Diliman (site C) |
Lesser dog-faced fruit bat (C. brachyotis) | 18 | 0 | 6 |
| Greater musky fruit bat (P. jagori) | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Geoffroy rousette bat (Rousettus amplexicaudatus) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
| Total | 52 | 4 | 25 |
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