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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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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author 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
author_facet Zheng, Jian
Hassan, Sohail
Alagaili, Abdulaziz N.
Alshukairi, Abeer N.
Amor, Nabil M.S.
Mukhtar, Nadia
Nazeer, Iqra Maleeha
Tahir, Zarfishan
Akhter, Nadeem
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description 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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spelling pubmed-68742352019-12-01 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Seropositivity in Camel Handlers and Their Families, Pakistan 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 Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6874235/ /pubmed/31742530 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.191169 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Dispatch
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
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Seropositivity in Camel Handlers and Their Families, Pakistan
title Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Seropositivity in Camel Handlers and Their Families, Pakistan
title_full Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Seropositivity in Camel Handlers and Their Families, Pakistan
title_fullStr Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Seropositivity in Camel Handlers and Their Families, Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Seropositivity in Camel Handlers and Their Families, Pakistan
title_short Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Seropositivity in Camel Handlers and Their Families, Pakistan
title_sort middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus seropositivity in camel handlers and their families, pakistan
topic Dispatch
url 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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