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Volume 31, Number 8—August 2025

Dispatch

Genomic Surveillance Detection of SARS-CoV-1–Like Viruses in Rhinolophidae Bats, Bandarban Region, Bangladesh

Christopher Bradburne1Comments to Author , Ausraful Islam1, Ian Bird, Elliott Abbott, Sarah Harrison, Morgan Chunn, Diana Radune, Md Rakib Hasan, Brian Janes, Sean Lovett, John Lagergren, Timothy O’Hanlon, Konad Debnath, Clifton McKee, Mohammad Enayet Hossain, Molly Gallagher, Daniel Jacobson, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Katie Caviness, Raina K. Plowright, and Emily S. Gurley
Author affiliation: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, USA (C. Bradburne, I. Bird, S. Harrison, M. Chunn, T. O’Hanlon, M. Gallagher); icddr,b, Dhaka, Bangladesh (A. Islam, M.R. Hasan, K. Debnath, M.E. Hossain, M.Z. Rahman); National Bioforensic Analysis Center, National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, Fort Detrick, Maryland, USA (E. Abbott, D. Radune, B. Janes, S. Lovett, K. Caviness); Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA (J. Lagergren, D. Jacobson); Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA (C. McKee, E.S. Gurley); College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA (R.K. Plowright)

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Table

Subset of samples selected for enrichment next-generation sequencing from genomic surveillance detection of SARS-CoV-1–like viruses in Rhinolophidae bats, Bandarban Region, Bangladesh. 2022–2023*

ID no.
 Sample date, 2022
 Roost site
 Life stage/sex
 Weight, g
 Leukocyte counts
 Health
 Sequence reads
Total raw, ×106
 Viral classified, ×106
 Coronavirus classified
Neutrocytes
 Lymphocytes
B1 May 19 1 Adult/M 6.01 NA NA Fair 22.42 4.28 0
B2 May 21 1 Adult/F 5.9 NA NA Fair 29.2 6.69 0
B3 Jul 20 2 Adult/M 13.82 NA NA Good 30.16 1.27 1,420
B4 Jul 21 2 Adult/F 11.95 7 4 Good 17.97 4.01 220,000
B5 Jul 23 2 Adult/M 11.58 3 1 Good 25.9 5.54 0
B6 Jul 23 2 Juvenile/F 5.3 15 6 Fair 26.56 5.91 1,400
B7 Aug 29 2 Juvenile/M 4.69 50 3 Fair 23.76 4.99 0
B8 Aug 29 2 Juvenile/M 5.66 6 7 Fair 24.41 3.86 0
B9 Aug 29 2 Adult/F 10.86 10 12 Good 25.2 2.07 0
B10 Aug 30 2 Adult/F 11.92 25 20 Good 25.04 5.71 0
B11 Aug 30 2 Juvenile/F 5.17 10 7 Fair 28.2 7.11 0
B12 Sep 19 2 Juvenile/F 5.06 9 5 Fair 23.86 5.2 0

*In addition to neutrophils and lymphocytes shown in the table, leukocyte counts included eosinophils, basophils, and monocytes; however, none had >2 counts for any individual bat. Health was assessed by palpation of pectoral muscle mass. Viral-classified reads were compared with a viral sequencing database. ID, identification; NA, not applicable.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

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