Cross-sectional study of MERS-CoV-specific RNA and antibodies in animals that have had contact with MERS patients in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 331-338

  Kasem, Samy ^a,b   Qasim, Ibraheem ^a   Al Hufofi, Ali ^a   Hashim, Osman ^a   Alkarar, Ali ^a   Abu Obeida, Ali ^a   Gaafer, Albagir ^a   Elfadil, Abdelhamid ^a   Zaki, Ahmed ^a   Al Romaihi, Ahmed ^a   Babekr, Nasereldeen ^a   El Harby, Nadr ^a   Hussien, Raed ^a   AL Sahaf, Ali ^a   Al Doweriej, Ali ^a   Bayoumi, Faisal ^a   Poon, Leo L M ^c   Chu, Daniel K W ^c   Peiris, Malik ^c   Perera, Ranawaka A P M ^c  

^a Water and Agriculture   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Kafrelsheikh University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dromedary camel; ELISA; MERS; Real time PCR; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOVINE; CAMEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DROMEDARY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOAT; HERD; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SHEEP; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS NEUTRALIZATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIROLOGY; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELUS; CATTLE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GOATS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SHEEP; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85030789295     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2017.09.022     Document Type: Article

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