Time course of MERS-CoV infection and immunity in dromedary camels

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2171-2173

  Meyer, Benjamin ^a   Juhasz, Judit ^c   Barua, Rajib ^c   Das Gupta, Aungshuman ^c   Hakimuddin, Fatima ^d   Corman, Victor M ^a,b   Müller, Marcel A ^a   Wernery, Ulrich ^d   Drosten, Christian ^a,b   Nagy, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Standort Hannover Braunschweig   (Germany)

^c Emirates Industries for Camel Milk and Products   (United Arab Emirates)

^d CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; BOVINE; CAMEL; CATTLE DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELUS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; RNA, VIRAL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84995948123     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2212.160382     Document Type: Article

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