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Bat coronavirus (BtCoV) is assumed to be a
progenitor of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-
related coronaviruses. To explore the distribution of
BtCoVs in the Philippines, we collected 179 bats and
detected viral RNA from intestinal or fecal samples by RTPCR.
The overall prevalence of BtCoVs among bats was
29.6 %. Phylogenetic analysis of the partial RNA-dependent
RNA polymerase gene suggested that one of the
detected BtCoVs was a novel alphacoronavirus, while the
others belonged to the genus Betacoronavirus. Western
blotting revealed that 66.5 % of bat sera had antibodies to
BtCoV. These surveys suggested the endemic presence of
BtCoVs in the Philippines.