Distant Relatives of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus and Close Relatives of Human Coronavirus 229E in Bats, Ghana
subject: bats, coronavirus, Viruses, severe acute respiratory syndrome, human coronavirus, molecular clock
description: We tested 12 bat species in Ghana for coronavirus (CoV) RNA. The virus prevalence in insectivorous bats (n = 123) was 9.76%. CoV was not detected in 212 fecal samples from Eidolon helvum fruit bats. Leaf-nosed bats pertaining to Hipposideros ruber by morphology had group 1 and group 2 CoVs. Virus concentrations were
creator: Susanne Pfefferle, Samuel Oppong, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Florian Gloza-Rausch, Anne Ipsen, Antje Seebens, Marcel A. Müller, Augustina Annan, Peter Vallo, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Thomas F. Kruppa, Sung Sup Park
source: Emerging Infectious Diseases
publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
date: 2009
language: EN
identifier: DOI: 10.3201/eid1509.090224
coverage: Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine