Rhinolophus bat coronavirus HKU2 explained

Rhinolophus bat coronavirus HKU2 (Chinese horseshoe bat virus; Bat-CoV HKU2) is a novel enveloped, single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus species in the Alphacoronavirus, or Group 1, genus with a corona-like morphology.

Genome

RH-BAT-Cov-HKU2 shares a common evolutionary origin in the spike protein of Bat-SARS CoV. This spike protein shares similar deletions with group 2 coronaviruses in the C-terminus.^{[1] [2]}

See also

• Murinae
• Zoonosis

External links

• http://www.emro.who.int/emhj-volume-19-2013/volume-19-supplement-1-coronavirus/volume-19-supplement-1-coronavirus.html (World Health Organization, Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, supplement on coronavirus)
• Tajima M . Morphology of transmissible gastroenteritis virus of pigs. A possible member of coronaviruses. Brief report . Archiv für die Gesamte Virusforschung . 29 . 1 . 105–8 . 1970 . 4195092 . 10.1007/BF01253886. 7086923 .
• Virus Pathogen Database and Analysis Resource (ViPR): Coronaviridae
• German Research Foundation (Coronavirus Consortium)

Notes and References

1. Lau . SK . Woo . PC . Li . KS . Huang . Y . Wang . M . Lam . CS . Xu . H . Guo . R . Chan . KH . Zheng . BJ . Yuen . KY . Oct 2007 . Complete genome sequence of bat coronavirus HKU2 from Chinese horseshoe bats revealed a much smaller spike gene with a different evolutionary lineage from the rest of the genome . Virology . 367 . 2. 428–39 . 10.1016/j.virol.2007.06.009 . 17617433. 7103351 . free .
2. Wooa . Patrick C. Y. . Laua . Susanna K. P. . Lama . Carol S. F. . Laua . Candy C. Y. . Tsanga . Alan K. L. . etal . 2012 . Discovery of Seven Novel Mammalian and Avian Coronaviruses in the Genus Deltacoronavirus Supports Bat Coronaviruses as the Gene Source of Alphacoronavirus and Betacoronavirus and Avian Coronaviruses as the Gene Source of Gammacoronavirus and Deltacoronavirus . J. Virol. . 86 . 7. 3995–4008 . 10.1128/jvi.06540-11 . 22278237 . 3302495.