SynthesisNature microbiology2023
Coronavirus sampling and surveillance in bats from 1996-2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Paramyxoviruses in Old World fruit bats (Pteropodidae): An open database and synthesis of sampling effort, viral positivity, and coevolution.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Pooled it
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- Structural dynamics and allosteric communication of a SARS-like bat coronavirus spike glycoprotein.Biophysical journal · 2026Article
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- Network centrality drives optimal protection investment against systemic risk propagation in complex systems.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Virus-host associations of bat coronaviruses along a land-use gradient in the Yucatán Peninsula, México.Virus evolution · 2026Article
- Molecular characterization and evolutionary dynamics of a recombinant PDCoV strain in a swine diarrhea epidemic with SADS-CoV co-infection.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Proteomic Signatures of SARS-CoV-2 Susceptibility in Mexican Free-tailed Bats and Their Application to Viral Surveillance.Integrative and comparative biology · 2025Article
- Circulation characteristics of bat coronaviruses linked to bat ecological factors in Korea, 2021-2022.Virulence · 2025Article
- 229E- and NL63-like coronaviruses in phyllostomid bats, Belize.One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
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- HKU5 bat merbecoviruses engage bat and mink ACE2 as entry receptors.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Synchronized seasonal excretion of multiple coronaviruses coincides with high rates of coinfection in immature bats.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Biodiversity science and biosurveillance are fellow travelers.Bioscience · 2025Article
- A minimum data standard for wildlife disease research and surveillance.Scientific data · 2025Article
- Molecular Surveillance for Potential Zoonotic Pathogens in Troglophilus Bats: Detection and Molecular Characterization of Bat Coronaviruses in Southern Italy.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Bat Viral Shedding: A Review of Seasonal Patterns and Risk Factors.Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) · 2025Review
- Pathogens and planetary change.Nature reviews. Biodiversity · 2025Article
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Abstract
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 highlights a need for evidence-based strategies to monitor bat viruses. We performed a systematic review of coronavirus sampling (testing for RNA positivity) in bats globally. We identified 110 studies published between 2005 and 2020 that collectively reported positivity from 89,752 bat samples. We compiled 2,274 records of infection prevalence at the finest methodological, spatiotemporal and phylogenetic level of detail possible from public records into an open, static database named datacov, together with metadata on sampling and diagnostic methods. We found substantial heterogeneity in viral prevalence across studies, reflecting spatiotemporal variation in viral dynamics and methodological differences. Meta-analysis identified sample type and sampling design as the best predictors of prevalence, with virus detection maximized in rectal and faecal samples and by repeat sampling of the same site. Fewer than one in five studies collected and reported longitudinal data, and euthanasia did not improve virus detection. We show that bat sampling before the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic was concentrated in China, with research gaps in South Asia, the Americas and sub-Saharan Africa, and in subfamilies of phyllostomid bats. We propose that surveillance strategies should address these gaps to improve global health security and enable the origins of zoonotic coronaviruses to be identified.
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