Identification of MERS-CoV in dromedary camels

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 93-94

  Ferguson, Neil M ^a   Van Kerkhove, Maria D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS; DROMEDARY; HUMAN; LETTER; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CAMEL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; MALE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84892510624     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70691-1     Document Type: Letter

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