ReviewViruses2021
Overview of Bat and Wildlife Coronavirus Surveillance in Africa: A Framework for Global Investigations.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prevalence and Molecular Epidemiology of Human Coronaviruses in Africa Prior to the SARS-CoV-2 Outbreak: A Systematic Review.Viruses · 2023Pooled it
- SARS-CoV-2 natural infection in animals: a systematic review of studies and case reports and series.The veterinary quarterly · 2021Pooled it
- Detection and complete genome characterisation of bat coronaviruses from Ghana.Archives of virology · 2026Article
- A NovelViruses · 2025Article
- Study of coronavirus diversity in wildlife in Northern Cambodia suggests continuous circulation of SARS-CoV-2-related viruses in bats.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Detection of Coronaviruses and Genomic Characterization of Gammacoronaviruses from Overwintering Black-Headed Gulls (Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Paramyxo- and coronavirus diversity and host associations in non-volant small mammals: evidence of viral sharing.Virus evolution · 2025Article
- Biosurveillance of coronaviruses inVirus evolution · 2025Article
- Advances in understanding bat infection dynamics across biological scales.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2024Review
- Lack of detection of SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife from Kerala, India in 2020-21.Access microbiology · 2024Article
- Canine respiratory coronavirus in Thailand undergoes mutation and evidences a potential putative parent for genetic recombination.Microbiology spectrum · 2023Article
- Viral maintenance and excretion dynamics of coronaviruses within an Egyptian rousette fruit bat maternal colony: considerations for spillover.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- First Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in White Rhinoceros during a Small-Scale Coronavirus Surveillance in the Bandia Reserve, Senegal.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- One health surveillance strategy for coronaviruses in Italian wildlife.Epidemiology and infection · 2023Article
- Detection and Characterization of an H9N2 Influenza A Virus in the Egyptian Rousette Bat in Limpopo, South Africa.Viruses · 2023Article
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- Targeted genomic sequencing with probe capture for discovery and surveillance of coronaviruses in bats.eLife · 2022Article
- Longitudinal Survey of Coronavirus Circulation and Diversity in Insectivorous Bat Colonies in Zimbabwe.Viruses · 2022Article
- Wildlife in Cameroon harbor diverse coronaviruses, including many closely related to human coronavirus 229E.Virus evolution · 2022Article
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Abstract
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had devastating health and socio-economic impacts. Human activities, especially at the wildlife interphase, are at the core of forces driving the emergence of new viral agents. Global surveillance activities have identified bats as the natural hosts of diverse coronaviruses, with other domestic and wildlife animal species possibly acting as intermediate or spillover hosts. The African continent is confronted by several factors that challenge prevention and response to novel disease emergences, such as high species diversity, inadequate health systems, and drastic social and ecosystem changes. We reviewed published animal coronavirus surveillance studies conducted in Africa, specifically summarizing surveillance approaches, species numbers tested, and findings. Far more surveillance has been initiated among bat populations than other wildlife and domestic animals, with nearly 26,000 bat individuals tested. Though coronaviruses have been identified from approximately 7% of the total bats tested, surveillance among other animals identified coronaviruses in less than 1%. In addition to a large undescribed diversity, sequences related to four of the seven human coronaviruses have been reported from African bats. The review highlights research gaps and the disparity in surveillance efforts between different animal groups (particularly potential spillover hosts) and concludes with proposed strategies for improved future biosurveillance.
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