title: Human betacoronavirus 2c EMC/2012-related viruses in bats, Ghana and Europe.
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.
authors.affiliation: Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana.
authors.forename: Augustina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Annan
authors.forename: Heather J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Baldwin
authors.forename: Victor Max
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Corman
authors.forename: Stefan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Klose
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Owusu
authors.forename: Evans Ewald
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Nkrumah
authors.forename: Ebenezer Kofi
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Badu
authors.forename: Priscilla
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Anti
authors.forename: Olivia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Agbenyega
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oppong
authors.forename: Yaw Adu
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Sarkodie
authors.forename: Elisabeth K V
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Kalko
authors.forename: Peter H C
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Lina
authors.forename: Elena V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Godlevska
authors.forename: Chantal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reusken
authors.forename: Antje
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seebens
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gloza-Rausch
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vallo
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tschapka
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Drosten
authors.forename: Jan Felix
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Drexler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005060:Europe; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D005814:Genes, Viral; D005869:Ghana; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D058889:Molecular Typing; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
keywords: Africa; CoV-EMC; Europe; Ghana; bats; coronavirus; human betacoronavirus; viruses