Detection OF SARS-cov-2 (COVID-19) in bat samples in east coast malaysia by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa)

SARS-CoV-2 is a coronavirus associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome that caused a global COVID-19 pandemic in late 2019. SARS-CoV-2 has been found in bats from Southern Thailand, Japan, China, and Indonesia, according to several investigations. However, no research on surveillance of coronavirus in bats in East Coast Malaysia has been conducted. Hence, this study aims to identify the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in bat samples from East Coast Malaysia through an ELISA test kit. Oropharyngeal swabs in bats from Terengganu, Pahang, and Kelantan were taken as samples and were detected using an ELISA test kit; COVID-19 nucleoprotein ELISA Kit from Wuhan Fine Biotech Co., Ltd. As a consequence, 23 of the 90 samples tested positive, indicating that SARS-CoV-2 is present in bat samples from Malaysia's East Coast.
Keywords: Bats, East coast Malaysia, COVID-19, ELISA, SARS-CoV-2