First Complete Genome Sequence of Human Coronavirus HKU1 from a Nonill Bat Guano Miner in Thailand

Yutthana Joyjinda; Apaporn Rodpan; Pongtorn Chartpituck; Krairerk Suthum; Suphaluk Yaemsakul; Thaniwan Cheun-Arom; Saowalak Bunprakob; Kevin J Olival; Martha M Stokes; Thiravat Hemachudha; Supaporn Wacharapluesadee

doi:10.1128/MRA.01457-18

First Complete Genome Sequence of Human Coronavirus HKU1 from a Nonill Bat Guano Miner in Thailand

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Feb 7;8(6):e01457-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01457-18. eCollection 2019 Feb.

Affiliations

¹ Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Disease-Health Science Centre, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training on Viral Zoonoses, Chulalongkorn Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
² The 5th Office of Disease Prevention and Control, Ratchaburi, Thailand.
³ Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand.
⁴ EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, USA.
⁵ Cooperative Biological Engagement Program, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Washington, DC, USA.

Abstract

Human coronavirus HKU1 (HCoV-HKU1) was first detected in a patient with viral pneumonia from Hong Kong in 2004. Here, we report the first complete genome sequence of HCoV-HKU1 from Thailand, obtained from a nonill person who worked in a bat cave. Phylogenetic tree analysis revealed it as a group B HCoV-HKU1.