Middle east respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus seroprevalence in domestic livestock in Saudi Arabia, 2010 to 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 50, 2013, Pages

  Hemida, M G ^a,b   Perera, R A ^c,d   Wang, P ^e,f   Alhammadi, M A ^a   Siu, L Y ^d,e   Li, M ^d,e   Poon, L L ^c,d   Saif, L ^g   Alnaeem, A ^a   Peiris, M ^c,d,e  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KAFRELSHEIKH UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DISEASE CARRIER; DROMEDARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOAT; LIVESTOCK; MIDDLE EAST; NONHUMAN; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SHEEP; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAMEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SYNDROME; VIROLOGY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 84890411404     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.50.20659     Document Type: Article

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