Acute Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Livestock Dromedaries, Dubai, 2014

Acute Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Livestock Dromedaries, Dubai, 2014

Camels carry Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, but little is known about infection age or prevalence. We studied >800 dromedaries of all ages and 15 mother–calf pairs. This syndrome constitutes an acute, epidemic, and time-limited infection in camels <4 years of age, particularly c...

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Main Authors: Sung Sup Park, Ulrich Wernery, Victor M. Corman, Emily Y.M. Wong, Alan K.L. Tsang, Doreen Muth, Susanna K. P. Lau, Kamal Khazanehdari, Florian Zirkel, Mansoor Ali, Peter Nagy, Jutka Juhasz, Renate Wernery, Sunitha Joseph, Ginu Syriac, Shyna K. Elizabeth, Nissy Annie Georgy Patteril, Patrick C. Y. Woo, Christian Drosten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
MERS-CoV
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
camels
coronavirus
viruses
Dubai
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/6/15-0038_article
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Summary:Camels carry Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, but little is known about infection age or prevalence. We studied >800 dromedaries of all ages and 15 mother–calf pairs. This syndrome constitutes an acute, epidemic, and time-limited infection in camels <4 years of age, particularly calves. Delayed social separation of calves might reduce human infection risk.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

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