{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Kamau J"],"funding":["WRBU core laboratory","Armed Forces Health Surveillance Division—Global Emerging Infections Surveillance (AFHSD-GEIS) project","United States Agency for International Development"],"pagination":["2820"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9785147"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(12)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background and methods</h4>To investigate virus diversity in hot zones of probable pathogen spillover, 54 oral-fecal swabs were processed from five bat species collected from three cave systems in Kenya, using metagenome sequencing.<h4>Results</h4>Viruses belonging to the <i>Astroviridae</i>, <i>Circoviridae</i>, <i>Coronaviridae</i>, <i>Dicistroviridae</i>, <i>Herpesviridae</i> and <i>Retroviridae</i> were detected, with unclassified viruses. Retroviral sequences were prevalent; 74.1% of all samples were positive, with distinct correlations between virus, site and host bat species. Detected retroviruses comprised <i>Myotis myotis</i>, <i>Myotis ricketti</i>, <i>Myotis daubentonii</i> and Galidia endogenous retroviruses, murine leukemia virus-related virus and <i>Rhinolophus ferrumequi"],"journal":["Viruses"],"pubmed_title":["A Novel Coronavirus and a Broad Range of Viruses in Kenyan Cave Bats."],"pmcid":["PMC9785147"],"funding_grant_id":["2000011037","P0030_21_WR","P0124_20_WR","P0065_22_WR"],"pubmed_authors":["Simiyu C","Onyuok S","Linton YM","Chege MN","Caicedo-Quiroga L","Ergunay K","Hassell J","Mwaura DK","Bourke BP","Justi SA","Kamau J","Kibiwot S","Li T","Webala PW","Zimmerman DM","Kamau MW"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A Novel Coronavirus and a Broad Range of Viruses in Kenyan Cave Bats.","description":"<h4>Background and methods</h4>To investigate virus diversity in hot zones of probable pathogen spillover, 54 oral-fecal swabs were processed from five bat species collected from three cave systems in Kenya, using metagenome sequencing.<h4>Results</h4>Viruses belonging to the <i>Astroviridae</i>, <i>Circoviridae</i>, <i>Coronaviridae</i>, <i>Dicistroviridae</i>, <i>Herpesviridae</i> and <i>Retroviridae</i> were detected, with unclassified viruses. Retroviral sequences were prevalent; 74.1% of all samples were positive, with distinct correlations between virus, site and host bat species. Detected retroviruses comprised <i>Myotis myotis</i>, <i>Myotis ricketti</i>, <i>Myotis daubentonii</i> and Galidia endogenous retroviruses, murine leukemia virus-related virus and <i>Rhinolophus ferrumequi","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Dec","modification":"2026-04-08T18:29:00.582Z","creation":"2025-04-06T11:11:29.21Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9785147","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36560824"],"doi":["10.3390/v14122820"]}}