Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Seropositivity in Camel Handlers and Their Families, Pakistan

A high percentage of camel handlers in Saudi Arabia are seropositive for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. We found that 12/100 camel handlers and their family members in Pakistan, a country with extensive camel MERS-CoV infection, were seropositive, indicating that MERS-CoV infection of...

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Autores principales: Zheng, Jian, Hassan, Sohail, Alagaili, Abdulaziz N., Alshukairi, Abeer N., Amor, Nabil M.S., Mukhtar, Nadia, Nazeer, Iqra Maleeha, Tahir, Zarfishan, Akhter, Nadeem, Perlman, Stanley, Yaqub, Tahir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6874235/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31742530
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.191169
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Sumario:A high percentage of camel handlers in Saudi Arabia are seropositive for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. We found that 12/100 camel handlers and their family members in Pakistan, a country with extensive camel MERS-CoV infection, were seropositive, indicating that MERS-CoV infection of these populations extends beyond the Arabian Peninsula.

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