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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Dromedary Camels in Saudi Arabia

Abdulaziz N. Alagaili; Thomas Briese; Nischay Mishra; Vishal Kapoor; Stephen Sameroff; Emmie de Wit; Vincent J. Munster; Lisa E. Hensley · 2014 · mBio

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Abstract

The Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is proposed to be a zoonotic disease; however, the reservoir and mechanism for transmission of the causative agent, the MERS coronavirus, are unknown. Dromedary camels have been implicated through reports that some victims have been exposed to camels, camels in areas where the disease has emerged have antibodies to the virus, and viral sequences have been recovered from camels in association with outbreaks of the disease among humans. Nonetheless, whether camels mediate transmission to humans is unresolved. Here we provide evidence from a geographic

Abstract by Abdulaziz N. Alagaili; Thomas Briese; Nischay Mishra; Vishal Kapoor; Stephen Sameroff; Emmie de Wit; Vincent J. Munster; Lisa E. Hensley, mBio (2014) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1128/mbio.00884-14