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 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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Human betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012-related viruses in bats, Ghana and Europe

Emerging Infectious Diseases (2013) 19(3) 456-459

DOI: 10.3201/eid1903.121503

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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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Annan, A., Baldwin, H. J., Corman, V. M., Klose, S. M., Owusu, M., Nkrumah, E. E., … Drexler, J. F. (2013). Human betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012-related viruses in bats, Ghana and Europe. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 19(3), 456–459. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1903.121503

Human betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012-related viruses in bats, Ghana and Europe

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