MERS: Emergence of a novel human coronavirus

Current Opinion in Virology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 58-62

  Raj, V Stalin ^a   Osterhaus, Albert D M E ^a   Fouchier, Ron A M ^a   Haagmans, Bart L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CORONAVIRUS; DROMEDARY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSCEPTIBLE POPULATION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CAMEL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84896843263     PISSN: 18796257     EISSN: 18796265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2014.01.010     Document Type: Review

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