Table 2 Summary of international and national studies conducted to date to identify the link between bats and MERS-CoV. All studies were conducted between 2012 and 2014, and positive results were obtained from rectal swabs
From: The history and epidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus
Study location | Sample number | Species type | Gene detected | Types of corona | Family of bat species |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mexico | 606 | 42 | 329-bp fragment of the RdRp | 4.45% | Phyllostomidae |
Mormoopidae | |||||
Molossidae | |||||
Vespertilionidae | |||||
Emballonuridae | |||||
Ghana and Europe | 5030 | 10 | EMC/2012 | 14.7%–24.9% | P.pipistrellus, |
P. nathusii, | |||||
P. pygmaeus | |||||
Nycteris | |||||
South Africa | 62 | 13 | 329-bp fragment of the RdRp | 8% | Neoromicia cf. zuluensis |
Saudi Arabia | 96 | 7 | 329-bp fragment of the RdRp | 3.5% | Rhinopomahardwickii, |
Rhinopomamicrophyllum, | |||||
Taphozousperforatus, | |||||
Pipistrelluskuhlii, | |||||
Eptesicusbottae, | |||||
Eidolon helvum, | |||||
Rosettusaegyptiacus |