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
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Bat as food
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Bat coronavirus RaTG13
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Bat virome
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SARS-CoV-2
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Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)
References
Animal virology
SARS-related coronavirus
Zoonoses
Bat virome
Infraspecific virus taxa
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