MERS Coronavirus in Dromedary Camel Herd, Saudi Arabia

MERS Coronavirus in Dromedary Camel Herd, Saudi Arabia

A prospective study of a dromedary camel herd during the 2013–14 calving season showed Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection of calves and adults. Virus was isolated from the nose and feces but more frequently from the nose. Preexisting neutralizing antibody did not appear to protec...

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Main Authors: Maged G. Hemida, Daniel K.W. Chu, Leo L.M. Poon, Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera, Mohammad A. Alhammadi, Hoi-yee Ng, Lewis Y. Siu, Yi Guan, Abdelmohsen Alnaeem, Malik Peiris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
zoonosis
MERS
genomics
phylogeny
mutation
transmission
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/7/14-0571_article

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https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/7/14-0571_article

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