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Innate and Adaptive Immune Genes Associated with MERS-CoV Infection in Dromedaries.
Cells - 23 May 2021
Lado Sara, Elbers Jean P, Plasil Martin, Loney Tom, Weidinger Pia, Camp Jeremy V, Kolodziejek Jolanta, Futas Jan, Kannan Dafalla A, Orozco-terWengel Pablo, Horin Petr, Nowotny Norbert, Burger Pamela A
Abstract excerpt
The recent SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has refocused attention to the betacoronaviruses, only eight years after the emergence of another zoonotic betacoronavirus, the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). While the wild source of SARS-CoV-2 may be disputed, for MERS-CoV, dromedaries are considered as source of zoonotic human infections. Testing 100 immune-response genes in 121 dromedaries from United...
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