Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in dromedary camels, Oman, 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2014, Pages

  Nowotny, N ^a,b   Kolodziejek, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMEL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 84899657573     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.16.20781     Document Type: Article

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