Complete Genome Sequence of an Alphacoronavirus from Common Vampire Bats in Peru

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Aug 20;9(34):e00742-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00742-20.

Abstract

Bats host diverse coronaviruses, including taxa capable of pandemic spread in humans. We report the genome of an alphacoronavirus from a neotropical bat species (Desmodus rotundus) in Peru, which contributes to our understanding of bat coronaviruses in nature.