Dispersal history of Miniopterus fuliginosus bats and their associated viruses in east Asia

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 16; no. 1; p. e0244006
• Main Authors: Kimprasit, Thachawech, Nunome, Mitsuo, Iida, Keisuke, Murakami, Yoshitaka, Wong, Min-Liang, Wu, Chung-Hsin, Kobayashi, Ryosuke, Hengjan, Yupadee, Takemae, Hitoshi, Yonemitsu, Kenzo, Kuwata, Ryusei, Shimoda, Hiroshi, Si, Lifan, Sohn, Joon-Hyuk, Asakawa, Susumu, Ichiyanagi, Kenji, Maeda, Ken, Oh, Hong-Shik, Mizutani, Tetsuya, Kimura, Junpei, Iida, Atsuo, Hondo, Eiichi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 14.01.2021; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adenoviruses; Alphacoronavirus - classification; Alphacoronavirus - genetics; Alphacoronavirus - isolation & purification; Animals; Animals as carriers of disease; Asia, Eastern; Biology and Life Sciences; Caves; Chiroptera - classification; Chiroptera - genetics; Chiroptera - virology; Computer and Information Sciences; Coronaviruses; Distribution; DNA, Mitochondrial - chemistry; DNA, Mitochondrial - metabolism; DNA, Viral - chemistry; DNA, Viral - metabolism; Earth Sciences; Engineering and Technology; Feces - virology; Gene Flow; Genetic aspects; Genetic Variation; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; Monte Carlo Method; Natural history; People and Places; Phylogeny; Asia, Eastern; East Asia

In this study, we examined the role of the eastern bent-winged bat (Miniopterus fuliginosus) in the dispersion of bat adenovirus and bat alphacoronavirus in east Asia, considering their gene flows and divergence times (based on deep-sequencing data), using bat fecal guano samples. Bats in China move...