Rousettus bat coronavirus HKU9

Bat-CoV HKU9
Virus classification
Group: Group IV ((+)ssRNA)
Order: Nidovirales
Family: Coronaviridae
Subfamily: Coronavirinae
Genus: Betacoronavirus
Species: Rousettus bat coronavirus HKU9

Rousettus bat coronavirus HKU9 (Bat-CoV HKU9) is an enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA mammalian Group 2 betacoronavirus discovered in Rousettus bats in China in 2011. This strain of coronavirus is closely related to the newly identified novel EMC/2012 strain found in London which is related to the MERS-CoV. The MERS-CoV species is responsible for the 2012 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreaks in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy.[1][2][3]

Transmission

The exact means of transmission to humans is not yet well known. However, it has been demonstrated that betaCoV's including HKU4 have the propensity to recombine and cause interspecies transmission. However, this is not seen in Group C betaCov's to which MERS-CoV is most closely related.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Susanna K. P. Lau, Rosana W. S. Poon1, Beatrice H. L. Wong, et al. Coexistence of Different Genotypes in the Same Bat and Serological Characterization of Rousettus Bat Coronavirus HKU9 Belonging to a Novel Betacoronavirus Subgroup. J. Virol. November 2010 vol. 84 no. 21 11385-11394.
  2. ↑ Li Yang1, Zhiqiang Wu1, Xianwen Ren1, et al. Novel SARS-like Betacoronaviruses in Bats, China, 2011. Dispatch.Volume 19, Number 6—June 2013.
  3. ↑ Augustina Annan, Heather J. Baldwin1, et al. Human Betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012–related Viruses in Bats, Ghana and Europe. Dispatch. Volume 19, Number 3—March 2013.
  4. ↑ Patrick C. Y. Woo,Yi Huang,4,† Susanna K. P. Lau, et al.Coronavirus Genomics and Bioinformatics Analysis. Viruses. 2010 August; 2(8): 1804–1820. Published online 2010 August 24.

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