Geographic distribution of MERS coronavirus among dromedary camels, Africa

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1370-1374

  Reusken, Chantal B E M ^a,b   Messadi, Lilia ^c   Feyisa, Ashenafi ^d   Ularamu, Hussaini ^e   Godeke, Gert Jan ^a   Danmarwa, Agom ^e   Dawo, Fufa ^d   Jemli, Mohamed ^c   Melaku, Simenew ^d   Shamaki, David ^e   Woma, Yusuf ^e   Wungak, Yiltawe ^e   Gebremedhin, Endrias Zewdu ^d   Zutt, Ilse ^a   Bosch, Berend Jan ^f   Haagmans, Bart L ^b   Koopmans, Marion P G ^a,b  

^a Laboratory for Zoonoses and Environmental Microbiology   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANOUBA   (Tunisia)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORONAVIRUS; DROMEDARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MERS CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; SEROLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASES; CAMEL; CLASSIFICATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; SEROTYPING; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CAMELS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84901477292     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2008.140590     Document Type: Article

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