MERS-CoV at the animal-human interface: Inputs on exposure pathways from an expert-opinion elicitation

Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2016, Pages

  Funk, Anna L ^a   Goutard, Flavie Luce ^b   Miguel, Eve ^b,c   Bourgarel, Mathieu ^b   Chevalier, Veronique ^b   Faye, Bernard ^b   Malik Peiris, J S ^d,e   van Kerkhove, Maria D ^a   Roger, Francois Louis ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c University de Montpellier   (France)

^d HKU PASTEUR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Animal human interface; Epidemiology; Infection; MERS CoV; Risk factors; Transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014480787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22971769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2016.00088     Document Type: Article

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