Middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) RNA and neutralising antibodies in milk collected according to local customs from dromedary camels, Qatar, April 2014

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2014, Pages

  Reusken, C B ^a   Farag, E A ^b   Jonges, M ^c   Godeke, G J ^c   El Sayed, A M ^b   Pas, S D ^a   Raj, V S ^a   Mohran, K A ^d   Moussa, H A ^e   Ghobashy, H ^d   Alhajri, F ^d   Ibrahim, A K ^e,f   Bosch, B J ^g   Pasha, S K ^e   Al Romaihi, H E ^b   Al Thani, M ^b   Al Marri, S A ^b   Alhajri, M M ^b   Haagmans, B L ^a   Koopmans, M P ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Supreme Council of Health   (Qatar)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d Ministry of Environment   (Qatar)

^e Leawaina camel hospital   (Qatar)

^f CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DROMEDARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MILK; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS LOAD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELS; CORONAVIRUS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; MILK; QATAR; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84902270803     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.23.20829     Document Type: Article

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