Prevalence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Dromedary Camels, Tunisia

Free-roaming camels, especially those crossing national borders, pose a high risk for spreading Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). To prevent outbreaks, active surveillance is necessary. We found that a high percentage of dromedaries in Tunisia are MERS-CoV seropositive (80.4%)...

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Autores principales: Eckstein, Simone, Ehmann, Rosina, Gritli, Abderraouf, Ben Yahia, Houcine, Diehl, Manuel, Wölfel, Roman, Ben Rhaiem, Mohamed, Stoecker, Kilian, Handrick, Susann, Ben Moussa, Mohamed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
Materias:
Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8237907/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34152977
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2707.204873
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Sumario:Free-roaming camels, especially those crossing national borders, pose a high risk for spreading Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). To prevent outbreaks, active surveillance is necessary. We found that a high percentage of dromedaries in Tunisia are MERS-CoV seropositive (80.4%) or actively infected (19.8%), indicating extensive MERS-CoV circulation in Northern Africa.

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