Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Dec;12(12):1834-40.

Review of bats and SARS.

Wang LF, Shi Z, Zhang S, Field H, Daszak P, Eaton BT.

Source

Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. linfa.wang@csiro.au

Abstract

Bats have been identified as a natural reservoir for an increasing number of emerging zoonotic viruses, including henipaviruses and variants of rabies viruses. Recently, we and another group independently identified several horseshoe bat species (genus Rhinolophus) as the reservoir host for a large number of viruses that have a close genetic relationship with the coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Our current research focused on the identification of the reservoir species for the progenitor virus of the SARS coronaviruses responsible for outbreaks during 2002-2003 and 2003-2004. In addition to SARS-like coronaviruses, many other novel bat coronaviruses, which belong to groups 1 and 2 of the 3 existing coronavirus groups, have been detected by PCR. The discovery of bat SARS-like coronaviruses and the great genetic diversity of coronaviruses in bats have shed new light on the origin and transmission of SARS coronaviruses.

PMID:: 17326933; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
PMCID:: PMC3291347

Free PMC Article

Images from this publication.See all images (1) Free text

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Other Literature Sources

Labome Researcher Resource - ExactAntigen/Labome

Medical

Supplemental Content

Save items

Related citations in PubMed

Review Bats, civets and the emergence of SARS. [Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2007]
Review Bats, civets and the emergence of SARS.
Wang LF, Eaton BT. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2007; 315:325-44.
Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses. [Science. 2005]
Bats are natural reservoirs of SARS-like coronaviruses.
Li W, Shi Z, Yu M, Ren W, Smith C, Epstein JH, Wang H, Crameri G, Hu Z, Zhang H, et al. Science. 2005 Oct 28; 310(5748):676-9. Epub 2005 Sep 29.
Review The SARS-like coronaviruses: the role of bats and evolutionary relationships with SARS coronavirus. [New Microbiol. 2012]
Review The SARS-like coronaviruses: the role of bats and evolutionary relationships with SARS coronavirus.
Balboni A, Battilani M, Prosperi S. New Microbiol. 2012 Jan; 35(1):1-16. Epub 2012 Jan 10.
Identification of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-like virus in a leaf-nosed bat in Nigeria. [MBio. 2010]
Identification of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-like virus in a leaf-nosed bat in Nigeria.
Quan PL, Firth C, Street C, Henriquez JA, Petrosov A, Tashmukhamedova A, Hutchison SK, Egholm M, Osinubi MO, Niezgoda M, et al. MBio. 2010 Oct 12; 1(4). Epub 2010 Oct 12.
Identification of SARS-like coronaviruses in horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros) in Slovenia. [Arch Virol. 2010]
Identification of SARS-like coronaviruses in horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus hipposideros) in Slovenia.
Rihtaric D, Hostnik P, Steyer A, Grom J, Toplak I. Arch Virol. 2010 Apr; 155(4):507-14. Epub 2010 Mar 10.

See reviews... See all...

Cited by 12 PubMed Central articles

The SARS-coronavirus-host interactome: identification of cyclophilins as target for pan-coronavirus inhibitors. [PLoS Pathog. 2011]
The SARS-coronavirus-host interactome: identification of cyclophilins as target for pan-coronavirus inhibitors.
Pfefferle S, Schöpf J, Kögl M, Friedel CC, Müller MA, Carbajo-Lozoya J, Stellberger T, von Dall'Armi E, Herzog P, Kallies S, et al. PLoS Pathog. 2011 Oct; 7(10):e1002331. Epub 2011 Oct 27.
Detection of alpha and betacoronaviruses in multiple Iberian bat species. [Arch Virol. 2011]
Detection of alpha and betacoronaviruses in multiple Iberian bat species.
Falcón A, Vázquez-Morón S, Casas I, Aznar C, Ruiz G, Pozo F, Perez-Breña P, Juste J, Ibáñez C, Garin I, et al. Arch Virol. 2011 Oct; 156(10):1883-90. Epub 2011 Jul 16.
Bartonella spp. in bats, Kenya. [Emerg Infect Dis. 2010]
Bartonella spp. in bats, Kenya.
Kosoy M, Bai Y, Lynch T, Kuzmin IV, Niezgoda M, Franka R, Agwanda B, Breiman RF, Rupprecht CE. Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Dec; 16(12):1875-81.

See all...

Related information

Related Citations
Calculated set of PubMed citations closely related to the selected article(s) retrieved using a word weight algorithm. Related articles are displayed in ranked order from most to least relevant, with the “linked from” citation displayed first.
References for this PMC Article
Citation referenced in PubMed article. Only valid for PubMed citations that are also in PMC.
Free in PMC
Free full text articles in PMC
Cited in PMC
Full-text articles in the PubMed Central Database that cite the current articles.

Recent activity

Clear Turn Off Turn On

Review of bats and SARS.
Review of bats and SARS.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Dec ;12(12):1834-40.

PubMed
Outcome of noncardiac operations in patients with severe coronary artery disease...
Outcome of noncardiac operations in patients with severe coronary artery disease successfully treated preoperatively with coronary angioplasty.
Mayo Clin Proc. 1992 Jan ;67(1):15-21.

PubMed
Whole body MR imaging in ankylosing spondylitis: a descriptive pilot study in pa...
Whole body MR imaging in ankylosing spondylitis: a descriptive pilot study in patients with suspected early and active confirmed ankylosing spondylitis.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2007 Feb 27 ;8:20.

PubMed
A radiation hybrid map of sheep chromosome 23 based on ovine BAC-end sequences.
A radiation hybrid map of sheep chromosome 23 based on ovine BAC-end sequences.
Anim Genet. 2007 Apr ;38(2):132-40. Epub 2007 Feb 27 .

PubMed
Lamotrigine therapy of epilepsy with Angelman's syndrome.
Lamotrigine therapy of epilepsy with Angelman's syndrome.
Epilepsia. 2007 Mar ;48(3):593-6. Epub 2007 Feb 22 .

PubMed

Your browsing activity is empty.

Activity recording is turned off.

Turn recording back on

PubMed

Result Filters

Display Settings:

Send to:

Review of bats and SARS.

Source

Abstract

Publication Types, MeSH Terms, Grant Support

Publication Types

MeSH Terms

Grant Support

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Other Literature Sources

Medical

Supplemental Content

Save items

Related citations in PubMed

Cited by 12 PubMed Central articles

Related information

Recent activity

Simple NCBI Directory

Getting Started

Resources

Popular

Featured

NCBI Information