According to a study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), two Indian bat species from Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu have been detected with a different kind of coronavirus known as bat coronavirus (BtCoV).
Twenty-five bats of Rousettus and Pteropus species from Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu were found positive for bat coronavirus.
The reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests and sequencing were used for the confirmation of the findings.
In 2018-2019 a study on bats was conducted in Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Chandigarh, Punjab, Telengana, Gujarat and Odisha forests.
The samples of two bat species 'Rousettus' and 'Pteropus' from these seven states were screened for the bat coronavirus.
In that screening, it was found that samples from Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu tested positive while those from Karnataka, Chandigarh, Punjab, Telengana, Gujarat and Odisha came out negative.
However, there is no evidence to claim that these bat coronaviruses can cause disease in humans.
Twenty-five bats of Rousettus and Pteropus species from Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu were found positive for bat coronavirus.
The reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests and sequencing were used for the confirmation of the findings.
In 2018-2019 a study on bats was conducted in Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Chandigarh, Punjab, Telengana, Gujarat and Odisha forests.
The samples of two bat species 'Rousettus' and 'Pteropus' from these seven states were screened for the bat coronavirus.
In that screening, it was found that samples from Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu tested positive while those from Karnataka, Chandigarh, Punjab, Telengana, Gujarat and Odisha came out negative.
However, there is no evidence to claim that these bat coronaviruses can cause disease in humans.