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Receptor variation and susceptibility to Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection.
Journal of virology - 1 May 2014
Barlan Arlene, Zhao Jincun, Sarkar Mayukh K, Li Kun, McCray Paul B, Perlman Stanley, Gallagher Tom
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) recently spread from an animal reservoir to infect humans, causing sporadic severe and frequently fatal respiratory disease. Appropriate public health and control measures will require discovery of the zoonotic MERS coronavirus reservoirs. The relevant animal hosts are liable to be those that offer optimal MERS virus cell entry. Cell entry...
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