Prevalence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in dromedary camels in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Virus Genes

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 509-513

  Yusof, Mohammed F ^a   Eltahir, Yassir M ^a   Serhan, Wissam S ^a   Hashem, Farouk M ^a   Elsayed, Elsaeid A ^a   Marzoug, Bahaaeldin A ^a   Abdelazim, Assem Si ^a   Bensalah, Oum Keltoum A ^a   Al Muhairi, Salama S ^a  

^a Development sector   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Dromedary camel; Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus; Prevalence; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROMEDARY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VIRUS DETECTION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CAMEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOSE MUCOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; CORONAVIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NASAL MUCOSA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84929960385     PISSN: 09208569     EISSN: 1572994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11262-015-1174-0     Document Type: Article

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