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Coronaviruses in avian species – review with focus on epidemiology and diagnosis in wild birds


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Summary of monitoring studies on coronavirus prevalence in wild birds

MethodPrimers locationProduct size (bp)Method sourceUsed byObtained resultsPlace
OrderPositives (%)CoV detected
RT-PCRRdRp250(37)(24)Anseriformes24.4AvCoVNorway
Columbiformes2.0
(25)Charadriiformes-gammaCoVUSA
Hemi-nested RT-PCR3 ’UTR214(5)(22)Anseriformes1.6IBV-likeNorthern England
Charadriiformes
RT-PCRBRdRp440(51)(50)Passeriformes1.8deltaCoVHong Kong
(53)Unknown1.1deltaCoVHong Kong
Passeriformes
Nested RT-PCRBRdRd440(11)(11)Anseriformes15.0gammaCoV deltaCoVHong Kong Cambodia
Ciconiiformes
Pelecaniformes
(26)Anseriformes0.95gammaCoVKorea
(15)Psittaciformes-deltaCoVBrazil
various-betaCoV
(28)Gruiformes7.8gammaCoVMadagascar
Passeriformes
Ciconiiformes
Anseriformes
Charadriiformes
SybrGreen RT-PCRCRdRp179(33)(33)Anseriformes-IBV-likeSweden
(34)Anseriformes6.4gammaCoVBeringia
Charadriiformes
Pelecaniformes
(46)Anseriformes12.0gammaCoVSweden
(47)Anseriformes18.7gammaCoVSweden
Charadriiformes
(48)Anseriformes0.3gammaCoVSweden
Nested RT-PCRS1572(1)(16)Columbiformes50.0IBV (Mass, Conn)Brazil
Real time RT-PCR5 ’UTR143(3)(13)Anseriformes3.5IBV-likePoland
Charadriiformes2.3
Galliformes17.6
Pyrosequencing/RT-PCRRdRp508(21)-Charadriiformes-deltaCoVUSA (Delaware Bay)

Primers aimed at the replicase gene used in monitoring studies of coronaviruses in wild birds

MethodPrimerGenome position

primer positions refer to the sequences of the gammacoronavirus representative, IBV M41 strain (GenBank accession no.: DQ834384)

Amplicon (bp)Reference
12Bp13960–13982
4Bm14189–14210251(37)
Pol114188–14210
2Pol214604–14627440(51)
Pol114188–14207
Pol214770–14789600
3Pol314188–14210(11)
Pol414605–14627440
11-FW14619–14642
413-RW14773–14797179(33)

List of all identified coronavirus species within individual genera according to virus taxonomy released in 2016

GenusSpecies Bat coronavirus CDPHE15
AlphacoronavirusBat coronavirus HKU10
Human coronavirus 229E
Human coronavirus NL63
Miniopterus bat coronavirus 1
Miniopterus bat coronavirus HKU8
Mink coronavirus 1
Porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus
Rhinolophus bat coronavirus HKU2
Scotophilus bat coronavirus 512
BetacoronavirusBetacoronavirus 1
Hedgehog coronavirus 1
Human coronavirus HKU1
Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
Murine coronavirus
Pipistrellus bat coronavirus HKU5
Rousettus bat coronavirus HKU9
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
Tylonycteris bat coronavirus HKU4
DeltacoronavirusBulbul coronavirus HKU11
Common moorhen coronavirus HKU21
Coronavirus HKU15
Munia coronavirus HKU13
Night heron coronavirus HKU19
Thrush coronavirus HKU12
White-eye coronavirus HKU16
Wigeon coronavirus HKU20
GammacoronavirusAvian coronavirus
Beluga whale coronavirus SW1
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