id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-254713-ghcwfcx2 Razanajatovo, Norosoa H Detection of new genetic variants of Betacoronaviruses in Endemic Frugivorous Bats of Madagascar 2015-03-12 .txt text/plain 4163 200 49 RESULTS: From 351 frugivorous bats, we detected 14 coronaviruses from two endemic bats species, of which 13 viruses were identified from Pteropus rufus and one from Eidolon dupreanum, giving an overall prevalence of 4.5%. Studies which aimed to identify potential reservoirs of emerging human CoVs have revealed that the Betacoronavirus SARS-CoV was closely related to CoVs detected in bats, specifically members of the genus (Rhinolophus), which brought the hypothesis of a spillover of this virus to several animal species (including civet cats and raccoons) sold in Chinese markets as bushmeat for human consumption [9] [10] [11] . A total of 351 bats belonging to 3 endemic bat species of the family Pteropodidae were captured and sampled: Rousettus madagascariensis (n = 179), Pteropus rufus (n = 76) and Eidolon dupreanum (n = 96) ( Table 1) . In the context of this study, we detected 14 coronaviruses forming nine genetically distinct strains in two endemic Malagasy frugivorous bat species. ./cache/cord-254713-ghcwfcx2.txt ./txt/cord-254713-ghcwfcx2.txt