IDENTIFICATION OF CORONAVIRUS IN BATS AND RODENTS FROM NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ARGENTINA

LUCERO ARTEAGA F; MIRAGAYA M; MOLINA N; MONDINO M; BRACAMONTE C; CAPITELLI G; MUNDO S; TORRES C (AUTORA PARA CORRESPONDENCIA COMPARTIDO); BRATANICH A (AUTORA PARA CORRESPONDENCIA COMPARTIDO)

ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY

SPRINGER WIEN

Lugar: Viena; Año: 2023

0304-8608

Due to the present pandemic situation and the many animal species that are epidemiologically involved, there has been a surge of renewed interest in investigating the coronavirus (CoV) population circulating in wildlife, especially bats and rodents, which are potential reservoirs of new human pathogens. In Argentina, information about the viruses present in these mammals is very limited. To investigate the presence of coronaviruses in this country, we obtained 457 samples from hematophagous, insectivorous, and frugivorous bats and rodents from two regions of Argentina. We report here the detection of alphacoronavirus sequences in three groups of bats as well as in rodents. Phylogenetic analysis showed the closest relationships to alphacoronaviruses from Brazil.