Variations in Spike Glycoprotein Gene of MERS-CoV, South Korea, 2015

• Main Authors: Dae-Won Kim, You-Jin Kim, Sung Han Park, Mi-Ran Yun, Jeong-Sun Yang, Hae Ji Kang, Young Woo Han, Han Saem Lee, Heui Man Kim, Hak Kim, A-Reum Kim, Deok Rim Heo, Su Jin Kim, Jun Ho Jeon, Deokbum Park, Joo Ae Kim, Hyang-Min Cheong, Jeong-Gu Nam, Kisoon Kim, Sung Soon Kim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-01-01
• Series: Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Subjects: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; MERS-CoV; viruses; Middle East respiratory syndrome; spike glycoprotein gene; genetic evolution
• Online Access: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/1/15-1055_article

An outbreak of nosocomial infections with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus occurred in South Korea in May 2015. Spike glycoprotein genes of virus strains from South Korea were closely related to those of strains from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. However, virus strains from South Korea showed strain-specific variations.