Lack of middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus transmission from infected camels

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 699-701

  Hemida, Maged G ^a,b   Al Naeem, Abdulmohsen ^b   Perera, Ranawaka A P M ^c   Chin, Alex W H ^c   Poon, Leo L M ^c   Peiris, Malik ^c  

^a KAFRELSHEIKH UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MERSCOV ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CAMEL; CAMEL MILK; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DROMEDARY; FEEDING; GROOMING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRAL PLAQUE ASSAY; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; SAUDI ARABIA; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84925296692     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2104.141949     Document Type: Article

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