Longitudinal study of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus infection in dromedary camel herds in Saudi Arabia, 2014–2015

Two herds of dromedary camels were longitudinally sampled with nasal and rectal swabs and serum, between September 2014 and May 2015, and the samples were tested for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus RNA and antibodies. Evidence of MERS-CoV infection was confirmed in one herd on th...

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Main Authors: Maged Gomaa Hemida, Abdulmohsen Alnaeem, Daniel KW Chu, Ranawaka APM Perera, Samuel MS Chan, Faisal Almathen, Emily Yau, Brian CY Ng, Richard J Webby, Leo LM Poon, Malik Peiris
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-01-01
Series:Emerging Microbes and Infections
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Online Access:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1038/emi.2017.44