Bat SARS-like coronavirus WIV1
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Bat SARS-like coronavirus WIV1 (Bat SL-CoV-WIV1), also sometimes called SARS-like coronavirus WIV1, is a strain of '' severe acute respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus'' (SARSr-CoV) isolated from Chinese rufous horseshoe bats in 2013 (''
Rhinolophus sinicus The Chinese rufous horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus sinicus'') is a species of bat in the family Rhinolophidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, and Vietnam. The species is most easily confused with '' R. affinis'', from which it is be ...
''). Like all coronaviruses, virions consist of single-stranded positive-sense
RNA Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule essential in various biological roles in coding, decoding, regulation and expression of genes. RNA and deoxyribonucleic acid ( DNA) are nucleic acids. Along with lipids, proteins, and carbohydra ...
enclosed within an envelope.


Zoonosis

The discovery confirms that bats are the natural reservoir of SARS-CoV. Phylogenetic analysis shows the possibility of direct transmission of SARS from bats to humans without the intermediary Chinese civets, as previously believed.Vineet D. Menachery ''et al.'', SARS-like WIV1-CoV poised for human emergence, 2016.


Phylogenetic


See also

* Bat as food * Bat coronavirus RaTG13 * Bat virome * SARS-CoV-2 * Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)


References

Animal virology SARS-related coronavirus Zoonoses Bat virome Infraspecific virus taxa {{Virus-stub