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

Augustina Annan,Heather J. Baldwin,Victor Max Corman,Stefan M. Klose,Michael Owusu,Evans Ewald Nkrumah,Ebenezer K. 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

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

2013

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:

Coronavirus
Virology
Coronavirus Infections
Betacoronavirus
Biology
Pipistrellus
Zoology
molecular typing
genetic relatedness

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