Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): Evidence and speculations

Archives of Virology

Volumn 159, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1575-1584

  Abdel Moneim, Ahmed S ^a,b  

^a TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b BENI SUEF UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; CORONAVIRUS;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

ANIMALS; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84903597881     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-014-1995-5     Document Type: Review

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