Serologic evidence for MERS-CoV infection in Dromedary Camels, Punjab, Pakistan, 2012–2015

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 550-551

  Saqib, Muhammad ^a   Sieberg, Andrea ^b   Hussain, Muhammad Hammad ^a,c   Mansoor, Muhammad Khalid ^c   Zohaib, Ali ^d   Lattwein, Erik ^e   Müller, Marcel Alexander ^b   Drosten, Christian ^b,f   Corman, Victor Max ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Oman   (Oman)

^d WUHAN INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY   (China)

^e Institute of Experimental Immunology   (Germany)

^f German Center for Infection Research (DZIF)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

AGE; ALPACA; DROMEDARY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB (INDIA); SEROLOGY; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAMEL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAMELUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PAKISTAN; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 85013278142     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2303.161285     Document Type: Letter

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