Middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERSCoV) in dromedary camels in nigeria, 2015

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 49, 2015, Pages 1-7

  Chu, D K ^a   Oladipo, J O ^a   Perera, R A ^a   Kuranga, S A ^b   Chan, S M ^a   Poon, L L ^a,c   Peiris, Malik ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^c HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMEL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NOSE SMEAR; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NIGERIA; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CAMELS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NIGERIA; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84949750508     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2015.20.49.30086     Document Type: Article

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