Absence of MERS-Coronavirus in bactrian camels, Southern Mongolia, November 2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1269-1271

  Chan, Samuel M S ^a   Damdinjav, Batchuluun ^b   Perera, Ranawaka A P M ^a   Chu, Daniel K W ^a   Khishgee, Bodisaikhan ^b   Enkhbold, Bazarragchaa ^b   Poon, Leo L M ^a   Peiris, Malik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Transboundary State Central Veterinary Laboratory   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; VIRUS SPIKE PROTEIN;

BACTRIAN CAMEL; DROMEDARY; LETTER; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MONGOLIA; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; ANIMAL; CAMEL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAMELUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MONGOLIA;

EID: 84931360037     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2107.150178     Document Type: Letter

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