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
''Severe acute respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus'' (SARSr-CoV or SARS-CoV)The terms ''SARSr-CoV'' and ''SARS-CoV'' are sometimes used interchangeably, especially prior to the discovery of SARS-CoV-2. This may cause confusion when some ...
'' (SARSr-CoV) isolated from Chinese rufous horseshoe bats in 2013 (''
Rhinolophus sinicus''). Like all coronaviruses, virions consist of single-stranded
positive-sense
In molecular biology and genetics, the sense of a nucleic acid molecule, particularly of a strand of DNA or RNA, refers to the nature of the roles of the strand and its complement in specifying a sequence of amino acids. Depending on the context ...
RNA enclosed within an
envelope
An envelope is a common packaging item, usually made of thin, flat material. It is designed to contain a flat object, such as a letter or card.
Traditional envelopes are made from sheets of paper cut to one of three shapes: a rhombus, a sh ...
.
Zoonosis
The discovery confirms that bats are the natural reservoir of SARS-CoV.
Phylogenetic
In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...
analysis shows the possibility of direct transmission of
SARS
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV or SARS-CoV-1), the first identified strain of the SARS coronavirus species, ''seve ...
from bats to humans without the intermediary Chinese
civet
A civet () is a small, lean, mostly nocturnal mammal native to tropical Asia and Africa, especially the tropical forests. The term civet applies to over a dozen different species, mostly from the family Viverridae. Most of the species diversit ...
s, 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
Bats are eaten by people in parts of some Asian, African, Pacific Rim countries and cultures, including China, Vietnam, Seychelles, the Philippines, Indonesia, Palau, Thailand, and Guam. Half the megabat (fruit bat) species are hunted for food bu ...
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Bat coronavirus RaTG13
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Bat virome
The bat virome is the virome, group of viruses associated with bats. Bats host a diverse array of viruses, including all seven types described by the Baltimore classification, Baltimore classification system: (I) double-stranded DNA viruses; (I ...
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SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) is a strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), the respiratory illness responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The virus previously had a ...
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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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