Diagnostic Investigations and Genetic Analysis of Coronavirus, Herpesvirus and Lyssavirus in Bats Located in Tuscany and Latium, Italy

Silvia Tofani; Ida Ricci; Cersini Antonella; Giuseppe Manna; Raffaella Conti; Andrea Lombardo; Davide La Rocca; Marco Scalisi; Roberta Giordani; Massimiliano Simula; Gabriele Pietrella; Roberto Nardini; Erica Tilesi; Maria Teresa Scicluna

doi:10.20944/preprints202405.0339.v1

How to cite: Tofani, S.; Ricci, I.; Antonella, C.; Manna, G.; Conti, R.; Lombardo, A.; La Rocca, D.; Scalisi, M.; Giordani, R.; Simula, M.; Pietrella, G.; Nardini, R.; Tilesi, E.; Scicluna, M. T. Diagnostic Investigations and Genetic Analysis of Coronavirus, Herpesvirus and Lyssavirus in Bats Located in Tuscany and Latium, Italy. Preprints 2024, 2024050339. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0339.v1 Tofani, S.; Ricci, I.; Antonella, C.; Manna, G.; Conti, R.; Lombardo, A.; La Rocca, D.; Scalisi, M.; Giordani, R.; Simula, M.; Pietrella, G.; Nardini, R.; Tilesi, E.; Scicluna, M. T. Diagnostic Investigations and Genetic Analysis of Coronavirus, Herpesvirus and Lyssavirus in Bats Located in Tuscany and Latium, Italy. Preprints 2024, 2024050339. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0339.v1

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Chiroptera includes of over 1,400 bat species with at least 35 of these present in Italy. Due to their role as lyssavirus reservoirs, in Italy, dead bats and oral swabs are routinely submitted to the laboratory network of the Istituti Zooprofilattici Sperimentali within in the framework of the rabies national passive and active surveillance programme. Carcasses and biological samples collected from January to December 2021 in Latium and Tuscany Regions were further screened for the presence of Coronaviruses (CoVs) and Herpesviruses, using pan-family virus PCR tests and relative PCR products were Sanger sequenced. Subsequent to the viral investigations, genetic bat species was also carried out. Viral characterization detected AlphaCoVs in Miniopterus schreibersii and Beta- and Gamma-Herpesviruses in Tadarida Teniotis.

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Diagnostic Investigations and Genetic Analysis of Coronavirus, Herpesvirus and Lyssavirus in Bats Located in Tuscany and Latium, Italy

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