Evidence for zoonotic origins of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is an emerging infectious disease, caused by Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and is considered to be a zoonosis. However, the natural reservoirs of MERS-CoV remain obscure, with bats and camels as the most suspected sources. In this art...

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Autores principales: Han, Hui-Ju, Yu, Hao, Yu, Xue-Jie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2016
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7087374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26572912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.000342
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description Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is an emerging infectious disease, caused by Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and is considered to be a zoonosis. However, the natural reservoirs of MERS-CoV remain obscure, with bats and camels as the most suspected sources. In this article, we review the evidence supporting a bat/camel origin of human MERS-CoV infection and current knowledge on the modes of camel-to-human transmission of MERS-CoV.
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spelling pubmed-70873742020-03-23 Evidence for zoonotic origins of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus Han, Hui-Ju Yu, Hao Yu, Xue-Jie J Gen Virol Review Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is an emerging infectious disease, caused by Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and is considered to be a zoonosis. However, the natural reservoirs of MERS-CoV remain obscure, with bats and camels as the most suspected sources. In this article, we review the evidence supporting a bat/camel origin of human MERS-CoV infection and current knowledge on the modes of camel-to-human transmission of MERS-CoV. Microbiology Society 2016-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7087374/ /pubmed/26572912 http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.000342 Text en © 2015 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
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Evidence for zoonotic origins of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
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title_short Evidence for zoonotic origins of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7087374/
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