Longitudinal study of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus infection in dromedary camel herds in Saudi Arabia, 2014–2015

Emerging Microbes and Infections

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-7

  Hemida, Maged Gomaa ^a,b   Alnaeem, Abdulmohsen ^a   Chu, Daniel KW ^c   Perera, Ranawaka APM ^c   Chan, Samuel MS ^c   Almathen, Faisal ^a   Yau, Emily ^c   Ng, Brian CY ^c   Webby, Richard J ^d   Poon, Leo LM ^c   Peiris, Malik ^c  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Kafrelsheikh University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

camel; cohort; coronavirus; dromedary; immunity; MERS coronavirus; reinfection

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAMEL; CLASSIFICATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NOSE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RECTUM; SAUDI ARABIA; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NOSE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM; RNA, VIRAL; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRAL LOAD; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85037356747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22221751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emi.2017.44     Document Type: Article

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