Sparse evidence of MERS-CoV infection among animal workers living in Southern Saudi Arabia during 2012

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 64-67

  Memish, Ziad A ^a,b   Alsahly, Ahmad ^c   Masri, Malak al ^a   Heil, Gary L ^d   Anderson, Benjamin D ^d   Peiris, Malik ^e   Khan, Salah Uddin ^d,f   Gray, Gregory C ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Regional Health Directorate   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Antibody; Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; MERS CoV; Pseudoparticle virus neutralization assays

Indexed keywords

LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; VIRUS PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORKER; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAMEL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923388655     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12287     Document Type: Article

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