About the Authors

Michael Owusu

Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Augustina Annan

Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Victor Max Corman

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany

Richard Larbi

Affiliation Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Priscilla Anti

Affiliation Institute of Renewable and Natural Resources, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Jan Felix Drexler

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany

Olivia Agbenyega

Affiliation Institute of Renewable and Natural Resources, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Yaw Adu-Sarkodie

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

Christian Drosten

drosten@virology-bonn.de

Affiliation Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MO AA VMC PA JFD OA YAS CD. Performed the experiments: MO VMC RL. Analyzed the data: MO AA VMC RL PA OA JFD YAS CD. Wrote the paper: MO VMC JFD YAS CD.