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

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Authors

Augustina Annan · Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine

Heather Baldwin

Victor M. Corman · University of Bonn

Stefan M. Klose · Universität Ulm

Michael Owusu · Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine

Evans E. Nkrumah · Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Ebenezer K. Badu · Kwame Nkrumah University

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.

Topics & Keywords

Animal Virus Infections Studies SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Partnerships for the goals

Publication Details

Published in: Emerging infectious diseases

Volume 19, Issue 3, pp. 456-459

DOI: 10.3201/eid1903.121503

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