Reported Direct and Indirect Contact with Dromedary Camels among Laboratory-Confirmed MERS-CoV Cases

Reported Direct and Indirect Contact with Dromedary Camels among Laboratory-Confirmed MERS-CoV Cases

Dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) are now known to be the vertebrate animal reservoir that intermittently transmits the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) to humans. Yet, details as to the specific mechanism(s) of zoonotic transmission from dromedaries to humans remain uncl...

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Main Authors: Romy Conzade, Rebecca Grant, Mamunur Rahman Malik, Amgad Elkholy, Mohamed Elhakim, Dalia Samhouri, Peter K. Ben Embarek, Maria D. Van Kerkhove
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
MERS-CoV
dromedary camels
zoonotic transmission
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/10/8/425

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