Serologic Evidence for MERS-CoV Infection in Dromedary Camels, Punjab, Pakistan, 2012–2015

Dromedary camels from Africa and Arabia are an established source for zoonotic Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection among humans. In Pakistan, we found specific neutralizing antibodies in samples from 39.5% of 565 dromedaries, documenting significant expansion of the enz...

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Autores principales: Saqib, Muhammad, Sieberg, Andrea, Hussain, Muhammad Hammad, Mansoor, Muhammad Khalid, Zohaib, Ali, Lattwein, Erik, Müller, Marcel Alexander, Drosten, Christian, Corman, Victor Max
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
Materias:
Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5382745/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28221127
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161285
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Sumario:Dromedary camels from Africa and Arabia are an established source for zoonotic Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection among humans. In Pakistan, we found specific neutralizing antibodies in samples from 39.5% of 565 dromedaries, documenting significant expansion of the enzootic range of MERS-CoV to Asia.

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