Table 1 Number and percentage of bats testing positive for viral RNA in the Boabeng-Fiema area in Ghana, from February 2017 – December 2018. Results are presented by bat species with RNA positive samples, season (dry/rainy), and specimen type (oral/rectal swabs). Bats were tested for five viral families with pandemic potential (coronaviruses, paramyxoviruses, flaviviruses, influenza viruses, and filoviruses)
Taxonomic Family | Species Name | Total Number Sampled | Virus RNA Detected | Percentage of Positive Bats (positive/total) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No Positive | Rainy Season | Dry Season | Oral Swabs | Rectal Swabs | ||||
Pteropodidae | Epomophorus gambianus | 341 | Kenya bat coronavirus/BtKY56/BtKY55 | 61 | 39% (39/100) | 9.1% (22/241) | 27 | 34 |
Eidolon bat coronavirus | 1 | 0% (0/100) | 0.4% (1/241) | 0 | 1 | |||
PREDICT_CoV-102 | 1 | 0% (0/100) | 0.4% (1/241) | 0 | 1 | |||
Eidolon helvum | 9 | Eidolon bat coronavirus | 1 | 0% (0/0) | 11.1% (1/9) | 0 | 1 | |
Epomops buettikoferi | 3 | Kenya bat coronavirus/BtKY56/BtKY55 | 1 | 0% (0/0) | 33.3% (1/3) | 0 | 1 | |
Epomops franqueti | 18 | Kenya bat coronavirus/BtKY56/BtKY55 | 1 | 20% (1/5) | 0% (0/13) | 0 | 1 | |
Molossidae | Mops condylurus | 25 | Chaerephon bat coronavirus/Kenya/KY22/2006 | 1 | 0% (0/0) | 4.0% (1/25) | 1 | 0 |
Kenya bat coronavirus/BtKY56/BtKY55 | 4 | 0% (0/0) | 16.0% (4/25) | 4 | 0 | |||
PREDICT_PMV-15 | 1 | 0% (0/0) | 4.0% (1/25) | 1 | 0 | |||