Lack of MERS coronavirus neutralizing antibodies in humans, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2034-2036

  Gierer, Stefanie ^a   Hofmann Winkler, Heike ^a   Albuali, Waleed H ^b   Bertram, Stephanie ^a   Al Rubaish, Abdullah M ^b   Yousef, Abdullah A ^b   Al Nafaie, Awatif N ^b   Al Ali, Amein K ^b   Obeid, Obeid E ^b   Alkharsah, Khaled R ^b   Pöhlmann, Stefan ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS SPIKE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CORONAVIRUS NL63; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROPREVALENCE;

CORONAVIRUS; MERS CORONAVIRUS; MERS-COV; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES; PLASMA; PSEUDOTYPING; RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; SPIKE; VIRUSES;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888112683     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1912.130701     Document Type: Article

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