Dromedary camels in northern Mali have high seropositivity to MERS-CoV

One Health

Volumn 3, Issue , 2017, Pages 41-43

  Falzarano, Darryl ^a   Kamissoko, Badian ^b   de Wit, Emmie ^a   Maïga, Ousmane ^c   Cronin, Jacqueline ^a   Samaké, Kassim ^b   Traoré, Abdalah ^b   Milne Price, Shauna ^a   Munster, Vincent J ^a   Sogoba, Nafomon ^c   Niang, Mamadou ^b   Safronetz, David ^a   Feldmann, Heinz ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Laboratoire Central Veterinaire Mail   (Mali)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

Author keywords

Dromedary camels; Emerging; Mali; MERS CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Neutralizing antibodies; Serology; Zoonotic infection

Indexed keywords

MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROMEDARY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALI; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION;

EID: 85015394117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23527714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2017.03.003     Document Type: Article

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