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Nauwe verwant van nieuw Coronavirus gevonden in Europese vleermuizen
Nathusius' pipistrelle 
21 januari 2013
Een Europese onderzoeksgroep had nog ca 5000 monsters vleermuizenmest liggen uit eerder onderzoek. Afkomstig uit Nederland, Roemenië, Duitsland en Oekraïne. Na de ontdekking van het nieuwe Coronavirus in het Midden-Oosten, besloten ze de vleermuizenpoep te testen.
15% tot 25% van de monsters bleek positief te zijn voor een coronavirus, nauw verwant aan het nieuwe Coronavirus. Het percentage varieerde, afhankelijk van het soort vleermuis.
Voorlopig zijn er nog steeds meer vragen dan antwoorden omtrent dit virus. Hoe mensen besmet zijn geraakt weet men nog niet.
Nauwe verwant van nieuw Coronavirus gevonden in Europese vleermuizen
Nathusius' pipistrelle 
21 januari 2013
Een Europese onderzoeksgroep had nog ca 5000 monsters vleermuizenmest liggen uit eerder onderzoek. Afkomstig uit Nederland, Roemenië, Duitsland en Oekraïne. Na de ontdekking van het nieuwe Coronavirus in het Midden-Oosten, besloten ze de vleermuizenpoep te testen.
15% tot 25% van de monsters bleek positief te zijn voor een coronavirus, nauw verwant aan het nieuwe Coronavirus. Het percentage varieerde, afhankelijk van het soort vleermuis.
Voorlopig zijn er nog steeds meer vragen dan antwoorden omtrent dit virus. Hoe mensen besmet zijn geraakt weet men nog niet.
Close kin to the new coronavirus found in bats from Europe: study
BY HELEN BRANSWELL, THE CANADIAN PRESS JANUARY 21, 2013
TORONTO - Viruses closely related to the new coronavirus that emerged last year in the Middle East have been discovered in specimens from a number of species of bats found widely throughout Europe and beyond, a new study shows.
The work suggests bats common to Europe, Russia, parts of Asia and Africa and the Middle East may carry viruses that are very closely related to the new coronavirus, called EMC 2012.
The study will be published in the March issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
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The SARS coronavirus, a cousin of EMC 2012, evolved from a bat virus that made its way into wild animals — civet cats and raccoon dogs — that are eaten as delicacies in China. "We don't know (yet) what the raccoon dog is for this virus, but there may be one," Drosten said.
He and colleagues had done previous research on bats in Ghana and in four countries in Europe — the Netherlands, Romania, Germany and Ukraine. As a result of that earlier work, they had stored fecal samples from nearly 5,000 bats. After EMC 2012 emerged, they tested the samples looking for coronaviruses.
They found previously unknown viruses related to the new coronavirus in nearly 25 per cent of Nycteris bats, and 15 per cent of Pipistrellus bats. The viruses from the latter were most closely related to EMC 2012. In one case, the genetic codes differed by less than two per cent.
Three of four Pipistrellus bat species tested positive for the similar coronaviruses, Drosten said. "The whole Old World region is full of different Pipistrellus species. And I wouldn't be surprised if all of them contain related viruses."
More: Canada.com
BY HELEN BRANSWELL, THE CANADIAN PRESS JANUARY 21, 2013
TORONTO - Viruses closely related to the new coronavirus that emerged last year in the Middle East have been discovered in specimens from a number of species of bats found widely throughout Europe and beyond, a new study shows.
The work suggests bats common to Europe, Russia, parts of Asia and Africa and the Middle East may carry viruses that are very closely related to the new coronavirus, called EMC 2012.
The study will be published in the March issue of the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
...............
The SARS coronavirus, a cousin of EMC 2012, evolved from a bat virus that made its way into wild animals — civet cats and raccoon dogs — that are eaten as delicacies in China. "We don't know (yet) what the raccoon dog is for this virus, but there may be one," Drosten said.
He and colleagues had done previous research on bats in Ghana and in four countries in Europe — the Netherlands, Romania, Germany and Ukraine. As a result of that earlier work, they had stored fecal samples from nearly 5,000 bats. After EMC 2012 emerged, they tested the samples looking for coronaviruses.
They found previously unknown viruses related to the new coronavirus in nearly 25 per cent of Nycteris bats, and 15 per cent of Pipistrellus bats. The viruses from the latter were most closely related to EMC 2012. In one case, the genetic codes differed by less than two per cent.
Three of four Pipistrellus bat species tested positive for the similar coronaviruses, Drosten said. "The whole Old World region is full of different Pipistrellus species. And I wouldn't be surprised if all of them contain related viruses."
More: Canada.com
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