TY - JOUR AU - Gloza-Rausch, Florian AU - Ipsen, Anne AU - Seebens, Antje AU - Göttsche, Matthias AU - Panning, Marcus AU - Bispo de Filippis, Ana Maria AU - Petersen, Nadine AU - Annan, Augustina AU - Grywna, Klaus AU - Müller, Marcel AU - Pfefferle, Susanne AU - Park, Sung Sup T1 - Detection and Prevalence Patterns of Group I Coronaviruses in Bats, Northern Germany T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2008 VL - 14 IS - 4 SP - 626 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We tested 315 bats from 7 different bat species in northern Germany for coronaviruses by reverse transcription–PCR. The overall prevalence was 9.8%. There were 4 lineages of group I coronaviruses in association with 4 different species of verspertilionid bats (Myotis dasycneme, M. daubentonii, Pipistrellus nathusii, P. pygmaeus). The lineages formed a monophyletic clade of bat coronaviruses found in northern Germany. The clade of bat coronaviruses have a sister relationship with a clade of Chinese type I coronaviruses that were also associated with the Myotis genus (M. ricketti). Young age and ongoing lactation, but not sex or existing gravidity, correlated significantly with coronavirus detection. The virus is probably maintained on the population level by amplification and transmission in maternity colonies, rather than being maintained in individual bats. KW - coronavirus KW - SARS KW - bats KW - research KW - Germany DO - 10.3201/eid1404.071439 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/14/4/07-1439_article ER - End of Reference