Occupational exposure to dromedaries and risk for MERS-CoV infection, Qatar, 2013–2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1422-1425

  Reusken, Chantal B E M ^a   Farag, Elmoubasher A B A ^b   Haagmans, Bart L ^a   Mohran, Khaled A ^c,d   Godeke, Gert Jan ^e   Raj, V Stalin ^a   Alhajri, Farhoud ^d   Al Marri, Salih A ^b   Al Romaihi, Hamad E ^b   Al Thani, Mohamed ^b   Bosch, Berend Jan ^f   van der Eijk, Annemiek A ^a   El Sayed, Ahmed M ^b   Ibrahim, Adel K ^g   Al Molawi, N ^h   Müller, Marcel A ⁱ   Pasha, Syed K ^g   Drosten, Christian ⁱ   Alhajri, Mohd M ^b   Koopmans, Marion P G ^a,e  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Supreme Council of Health   (Qatar)

^c PLANT PATHOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^d Ministry of Environment   (Qatar)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g Leawaina camel hospital   (Qatar)

^h HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROMEDARY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERTUSSIS; QATAR; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAMEL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QATAR; RISK; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84937414526     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2108.150481     Document Type: Article

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