Authors
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 KV Kalko, Peter HC Lina, Elena V Godlevska, Chantal Reusken, Antje Seebens, Florian Gloza-Rausch, Peter Vallo, Marco Tschapka, Christian Drosten, Jan Felix Drexler
Publication date
2013/3
Journal
Emerging infectious diseases
Volume
19
Issue
3
Pages
456
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Description
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.
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