TY - JOUR AU - Murakami, Shin AU - Kitamura, Tomoya AU - Suzuki, Jin AU - Sato, Ryouta AU - Aoi, Toshiki AU - Fujii, Marina AU - Matsugo, Hiromichi AU - Kamiki, Haruhiko AU - Ishida, Hiroho AU - Takenaka-Uema, Akiko AU - Shimojima, Masayuki AU - Horimoto, Taisuke T1 - Detection and Characterization of Bat Sarbecovirus Phylogenetically Related to SARS-CoV-2, Japan T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 12 SP - 3025 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Epidemiology of bat Betacoronavirus, subgenus Sarbecovirus is largely unknown, especially outside China. We detected a sarbecovirus phylogenetically related to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from Rhinolophus cornutus bats in Japan. The sarbecovirus’ spike protein specifically recognizes angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 of R. cornutus, but not humans, as an entry receptor. KW - betacoronavirus KW - bat sarbecovirus KW - Rhinolophus cornutus KW - respiratory infections KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - SARS KW - COVID-19 KW - coronavirus disease KW - zoonoses KW - viruses KW - coronavirus KW - Japan DO - 10.3201/eid2612.203386 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/12/20-3386_article ER - End of Reference