Absence of MERS-CoV antibodies in feral camels in Australia: Implications for the pathogen's origin and spread

One Health

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages 76-82

  Crameri, Gary ^a   Durr, Peter A ^a   Barr, Jennifer ^a   Yu, Meng ^a   Graham, Kerryne ^a   Williams, Owen J ^b   Kayali, Ghazi ^c   Smith, David ^d,e   Peiris, Malik ^f,g   Mackenzie, John S ^h   Wang, Lin Fa ^a,i  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Earlville Veterinary Surgery   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

^h CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bats; Camels; Coronavirus (CoV); Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS); Serological surveillance; Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; BAT; CAMEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROMEDARY; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PATHOGENESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84947732879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23527714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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