{"id":926,"date":"2025-03-18T18:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/2025\/03\/18\/new-coronavirus-discovered-in-brazilian-bats\/"},"modified":"2025-03-18T18:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T18:00:29","slug":"new-coronavirus-discovered-in-brazilian-bats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=926","title":{"rendered":"New coronavirus discovered in Brazilian bats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Researchers have identified a new coronavirus in bats in Brazil, raising concerns about its potential risks to humans. The virus shares genetic similarities with the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), but its ability to infect humans remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>The study, published in the Journal of Medical Virology, was conducted by scientists from S\u00e3o Paulo and Cear\u00e1 in collaboration with Hong Kong University. Researchers found that the virus\u2019s genetic sequence is 72% similar to MERS-CoV, with its spike protein\u2014used to attach to host cells\u2014showing a 71.74% resemblance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, we aren\u2019t sure it can infect humans, but we detected parts of the virus\u2019s spike protein suggesting potential interaction with the receptor used by MERS-CoV,\u201d said Bruna Stefanie Silv\u00e9rio, first author of the study. Additional experiments in Hong Kong this year will assess the virus\u2019s risks to human health.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists examined 423 oral and rectal swabs from 16 bat species in Fortaleza, northeastern Brazil, identifying seven coronaviruses, including the newly discovered one. They also found signs of genetic recombination, a process that can alter a virus\u2019s infectious potential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBats are important viral reservoirs and should therefore be submitted to continuous epidemiological surveillance,\u201d said Ricardo Dur\u00e3es-Carvalho, a professor at EPM-UNIFESP and senior author of the study. \u201cThis monitoring helps identify circulating viruses and risks of transmission to other animals, and even to humans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The findings highlight the importance of global virus surveillance to track emerging pathogens that could pose future public health threats.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have identified a new coronavirus in bats in Brazil, raising concerns about its potential risks to humans. The virus shares genetic similarities with the deadly Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), but its ability to infect humans remains uncertain. The study, published in the Journal of Medical Virology, was conducted by scientists from S\u00e3o [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}