Title

Human Betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012–related Viruses in Bats, Ghana and Europe

Creator

Augustina Annan
Heather J. Baldwin
Victor Max Corman
Stefan M. Klose
Michael Owusu
Evans Ewald Nkrumah
Ebenezer Kofi Badu
Priscilla Anti
Olivia Agbenyega
Benjamin Meyer
Samuel Oppong
Yaw Adu Sarkodie
Elisabeth K.V. Kalko
Peter H.C. Lina
Elena V. Godlevska
Chantal Reusken
Antje Seebens
Florian Gloza-Rausch
Peter Vallo
Marco Tschapka
Christian Drosten
Jan Felix Drexler

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Publication Date

March 2013

Abstract

We screened fecal specimens of 4,758 bats from Ghana and 272 bats from 4 European countries for betacoronaviruses. Viruses related to the novel human betacoronavirus EMC/2012 were detected in 46 (24.9%) of 185 Nycteris bats and 40 (14.7%) of 272 Pipistrellus bats. Their genetic relatedness indicated EMC/2012 originated from bats.

Keywords

Human Betacoronavirus, 2C EMC/2012–Related Viruses, Bats, Ghana, Europe

Type

Article

Notes

Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 19, no. 3 (2013-03).

Identifier

SFS0069664_00001

Recommended Citation

Annan, Augustina; Baldwin, Heather J.; Corman, Victor Max; Klose, Stefan M.; Owusu, Michael; Nkrumah, Evans Ewald; Kofi Badu, Ebenezer; Anti, Priscilla; Agbenyega, Olivia; Meyer, Benjamin; Oppong, Samuel; Adu Sarkodie, Yaw; Kalko, Elisabeth K.V.; Lina, Peter H.C.; Godlevska, Elena V.; Reusken, Chantal; Seebens, Antje; Gloza-Rausch, Florian; Vallo, Peter; Tschapka, Marco; Drosten, Christian; and Drexler, Jan Felix, "Human Betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012–related Viruses in Bats, Ghana and Europe" (2013). KIP Articles. 2452.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/kip_articles/2452