Evidence for zoonotic origins of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 274-280

  Han, Hui Ju ^a   Yu, Hao ^b,c   Yu, Xue Jie ^a,c  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; METHANOL EXTRACTION RESIDUE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ALPHACORONAVIRUS; BAT; BETACORONAVIRUS; CAMEL; CAMEL TO HUMAN TRANSMISSION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MILK; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RAW MEAT; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CHIROPTERA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84959079020     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: 14652099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000342     Document Type: Review

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