Mers coronavirus neutralizing antibodies in camels, eastern Africa, 1983–1997

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2093-2095

  Müller, Marcel A ^a   Corman, Victor Max ^a,b   Jores, Joerg ^c   Meyer, Benjamin ^a   Younan, Mario ^d   Liljander, Anne ^c   Bosch, Berend Jan ^e   Lattwein, Erik ^f   Hilali, Mosaad ^g   Musa, Bakri E ^h   Bornstein, Set ⁱ   Drosten, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Germany   (Germany)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f Institute of Experimental Immunology   (Germany)

^g CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^h MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Sudan)

ⁱ NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; ANIMAL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; GEOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 84922417149     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2012.141026     Document Type: Article

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