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MERS coronaviruses from camels in Africa exhibit region-dependent genetic diversity.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 20 Mar 2018
Chu Daniel K W, Hui Kenrie P Y, Perera Ranawaka A P M, Miguel Eve, Niemeyer Daniela, Zhao Jincun, Channappanavar Rudragouda, Dudas Gytis, Oladipo Jamiu O, Traoré Amadou, Fassi-Fihri Ouafaa, Ali Abraham, Demissié Getnet F, Muth Doreen, Chan Michael C W, Nicholls John M, Meyerholz David K, Kuranga Sulyman A, Mamo Gezahegne, Zhou Ziqi, So Ray T Y, Hemida Maged G, Webby Richard J, Roger Francois, Rambaut Andrew, Poon Leo L M, Perlman Stanley, Drosten Christian, Chevalier Veronique, Peiris Malik
Abstract excerpt
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) causes a zoonotic respiratory disease of global public health concern, and dromedary camels are the only proven source of zoonotic infection. Although MERS-CoV infection is ubiquitous in dromedaries across Africa as well as in the Arabian Peninsula, zoonotic disease appears confined to the Arabian Peninsula. MERS-CoVs from Africa have hitherto been poorly...
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