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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 15, Issue 9, Pages 1377-1384Publisher
CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
DOI: 10.3201/eid1509.090224
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- German Ministry of Education and Research
- European Commission [SSPE-CT-2005-022639, 228292]
- Bundesamt fur Bevolkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe [BBK-F-440-00-1]
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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 <= 45,000 copies/100 mg of bat feces. The diversified group 1 CoV shared a common ancestor with the human common cold virus hCoV-229E but not with hCoV-NL63, disputing hypotheses of common human descent. The most recent common ancestor of hCoV-229E and GhanaBt-CoVGrp1 existed in approximate to 1686-1800 AD. The GhanaBt-CoVGrp2 shared an old ancestor (approximate to 2,400 years) with the severe acute respiratory syndrome-like group of CoV.
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