Infection, replication, and transmission of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in alpacas

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1031-1037

  Adney, Danielle R ^a   Bielefeldt Ohmann, Helle ^b   Hartwig, Airn E ^a   Bowen, Richard A ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPACA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRIDAE INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PLAQUE REDUCTION NEUTRALIZATION TEST; PROTECTION; REINFECTION; SEROCONVERSION; SYMPTOM; VIRAL UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CAMEL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS SHEDDING; ZOONOSIS;

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIOPSY; CAMELUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS SHEDDING; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84969277726     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2206.160192     Document Type: Article

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