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Dromedary Camels and the Transmission of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
Transboundary and emerging diseases - 1 Apr 2017
Hemida M G, Elmoslemany A, Al-Hizab F, Alnaeem A, Almathen F, Faye B, Chu D K W, Perera R A P M, Peiris M
Abstract excerpt
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is an existential threat to global public health. The virus has been repeatedly detected in dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius). Adult animals in many countries in the Middle East as well as in North and East Africa showed high (>90%) seroprevalence to the virus. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus isolated from dromedaries is genetically and...
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