Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kumasi, Ghana.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Mar;19(3):456-9. doi: 10.3201/eid1903.121503.
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.
我们对来自加纳的 4758 只蝙蝠和来自欧洲 4 个国家的 272 只蝙蝠的粪便样本进行了筛查,以寻找β冠状病毒。在 185 只 Nycteris 蝙蝠和 272 只 Pipistrellus 蝙蝠中,有 46 只(24.9%)和 40 只(14.7%)检测到与新型人类β冠状病毒 EMC/2012 相关的病毒。它们的遗传关系表明,EMC/2012 源自蝙蝠。