Establishment of well-differentiated camelid airway cultures to study Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Abstract In 2012, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) emerged in Saudi Arabia and was mostly associated with severe respiratory illness in humans. Dromedary camels are the zoonotic reservoir for MERS-CoV. To investigate the biology of MERS-CoV in camelids, we developed a well-dif...

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Main Authors: Mitra Gultom, Annika Kratzel, Jasmine Portmann, Hanspeter Stalder, Astrid Chanfon Bätzner, Hans Gantenbein, Corinne Gurtner, Nadine Ebert, Hans Henrik Gad, Rune Hartmann, Horst Posthaus, Patrik Zanolari, Stephanie Pfaender, Volker Thiel, Ronald Dijkman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13777-y