A strategy to assess spillover risk of bat SARS-related coronaviruses in Southeast Asia

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 4380 - 12
• Main Authors: Sánchez, Cecilia A., Li, Hongying, Phelps, Kendra L., Zambrana-Torrelio, Carlos, Wang, Lin-Fa, Zhou, Peng, Shi, Zheng-Li, Olival, Kevin J., Daszak, Peter
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 09.08.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158/1144; 692/699/255/2514; 704/158/1469; Animals; Antibodies; Asia, Southeastern - epidemiology; Chiroptera; Coronaviridae; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Ecological adaptation; Epidemiology; Evolution, Molecular; Geographical distribution; Geography; Global health; Human populations; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; multidisciplinary; Phylogeny; Prevention programs; Probabilistic risk assessment; Public health; Risk assessment; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seroepidemiologic Studies; Serology; Severe acute respiratory syndrome; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Viral diseases; Asia, Southeastern; Southeast Asia

Emerging diseases caused by coronaviruses of likely bat origin (e.g., SARS, MERS, SADS, COVID-19) have disrupted global health and economies for two decades. Evidence suggests that some bat SARS-related coronaviruses (SARSr-CoVs) could infect people directly, and that their spillover is more frequen...