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ArticleEcoHealth2022

Coronavirus and Paramyxovirus Shedding by Bats in a Cave and Buildings in Ethiopia.

Jennifer K Lane, Yohannes Negash, Nistara Randhawa, Nigatu Kebede, Heather Wells, Girma Ayalew, Simon J Anthony, Brett Smith, Tracey Goldstein, Tesfu Kassa and 3 more

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Article in EcoHealth, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Jennifer K Lane *One Health Institute and Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1089 Veterinary Medicine Drive, VM3B, Davis, CA, 95616, USA. jklane@ucdavis.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3055-8729
Yohannes Negash *Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Nistara RandhawaOne Health Institute and Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1089 Veterinary Medicine Drive, VM3B, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Nigatu KebedeAklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Heather WellsDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
Girma AyalewEthiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority, Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Climate Change, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Simon J AnthonySchool of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Brett SmithGenome Center & Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
Tracey GoldsteinZoological Pathology Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Brookfield, IL, 60513, USA.
Tesfu KassaAklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Jonna A K MazetOne Health Institute and Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1089 Veterinary Medicine Drive, VM3B, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
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Woutrina A SmithOne Health Institute and Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, 1089 Veterinary Medicine Drive, VM3B, Davis, CA, 95616, USA. wasmith@ucdavis.edu.
University of California, Davis · USAddis Ababa University · ETColumbia University · USUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bats are important hosts of zoonotic viruses with pandemic potential, including filoviruses, MERS-Coronavirus (CoV), SARS-CoV -1, and likely SARS-CoV-2. Viral infection and transmission among wildlife are dependent on a combination of factors that include host ecology and immunology, life history traits, roosting habitats, biogeography, and external stressors. Between 2016 and 2018, four species of insectivorous bats from a readily accessed roadside cave and buildings in Ethiopia were sampled and tested for viruses using consensus PCR assays for five viral families/genera. Previously identified and novel coronaviruses and paramyxoviruses were identified in 99 of the 589 sampled bats. Bats sampled from the cave site were more likely to test positive for a CoV than bats sampled from buildings; viral shedding was more common in the wet season; and rectal swabs were the most common sample type to test positive. A previously undescribed alphacoronavirus was detected in two bat species from different taxonomic families, sampling interfaces, geographic locations, and years. These findings expand knowledge of the range and diversity of coronaviruses and paramyxoviruses in insectivorous bats in Ethiopia and reinforce that an improved understanding of viral diversity and species-specific shedding dynamics is important for designing informed zoonotic disease surveillance and spillover risk reduction efforts.

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ChiropteraCOVID-19VirusesAnimalsEthiopiaGenome, ViralHumansPhylogenySARS-CoV-2batcavecoronavirusEthiopiaparamyxovirusviral shedding

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PMID35771308
PMCPMC9243955
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