Murakami S, Kitamura T, Suzuki J, Sato R, Aoi T, Fujii M, Matsugo H, Kamiki H, Ishida H, Takenaka-Uema A, Shimojima M, Horimoto T. Detection and Characterization of Bat Sarbecovirus Phylogenetically Related to SARS-CoV-2, Japan.
Emerg Infect Dis 2020;
26:3025-3029. [PMID:
33219796 PMCID:
PMC7706965 DOI:
10.3201/eid2612.203386]
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Abstract
Epidemiology of bat Betacoronavirus, subgenus Sarbecovirus is largely unknown, especially outside China. We detected a sarbecovirus phylogenetically related to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 from Rhinolophus cornutus bats in Japan. The sarbecovirus' spike protein specifically recognizes angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 of R. cornutus, but not humans, as an entry receptor.
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