Extra-limital records of the one-humped camel in west and central Africa

Wilson, Robert Thomas

doi:10.5958/2277-8934.2014.00022.8

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“…This virus shares some similarities with the MERS-CoV and, as such, may not possess the ability to infect and replicate in most of the domestic livestock species tested, as has been demonstrated with MERS-CoV [18,19,21,23]. There are no known indigenous camelids among Ghanaian wildlife or kept on a large scale as livestock [41]. Given that these are known important hosts of coronavirus transmission [8,13], their introduction into Ghana on a large enough scale could bridge the gap between bats and humans and facilitate the possible transmission of some of the highly diverse viruses that circulate in the local bat population like the Nycteris sp.…”

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Potential Intermediate Hosts for Coronavirus Transmission: No Evidence of Clade 2c Coronaviruses in Domestic Livestock from Ghana

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The emergence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), nearly a decade ago with worldwide distribution, was believed to be of zoonotic origin from bats with dromedary camels as intermediate hosts. There is a likelihood of other domestic livestock serving as intermediate hosts for this virus. The presence of coronaviruses, closely related to MERS-CoV in Ghanaian bats, presented the opportunity to test the hypothesis of transmissibility of this virus through domestic livestock species. The possible interactions between livestock and bats in 31 household farms were accessed by observation and interviews with farmers. Rectal swabs and serum from cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys, and swine from commercial and household farms were tested for MERS-CoV and a Nycteris sp. bat coronavirus, previously detected in Ghana. A pan-PCR assay to detect clade 2c viruses and recombinant immunofluorescence assay to detect anti-spike IgG antibodies against the target viruses were used. Likely contact between livestock and bats was determined for 13 farms (41.9%) that reported confining their livestock and also observing bats in their homes. Livestock were left unconfined on eight farms (25.8%) that also observed bats roosting in trees close to their homes. No viral RNA or antibodies against the two coronaviruses were detected in any of the livestock species tested. Cattle, sheep, goats, donkeys, and swine are not likely hosts of clade 2c coronaviruses.

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