Distant relatives of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and close relatives of human coronavirus 229E in bats, Ghana

0331523 - ÚBO 2010 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Pfefferle, S. - Oppong, S. - Drexler, J. F. - Gloza-Rausch, F. - Ipsen, A. - Seebens, A. - Müller, M. A. - Annan, A. - Vallo, Peter - Adu-Sarkodie, Y. - Kruppa, T. F. - Drosten, C.
Distant relatives of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and close relatives of human coronavirus 229E in bats, Ghana.
Emerging Infectious Diseases. Roč. 15, č. 9 (2009), s. 1377-1384. ISSN 1080-6040. E-ISSN 1080-6059
Grant - others:German Ministry of Education and Research(XE) SSPE-CT-2005-022639; FP7(XE) INFRASTRUCTURES-2008-No 228292; Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe(DE) BBK-F-440-00-1
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60930519
Keywords : SARS-like * phylogenetic analysis * RNA * gastroenteritis * prevalence * diversity
Subject RIV: FN - Epidemiology, Contagious Diseases ; Clinical Immunology
Impact factor: 6.794, year: 2009

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 ≈1686–1800 AD. The GhanaBt-CoVGrp2 shared an old ancestor (≈2,400 years) with the severe acute respiratory syndrome–like group of CoV.
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