The prevalence of Middle East respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in livestock and temporal relation to locations and seasons

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 884-888

  Kasem, Samy ^a,b   Qasim, Ibrahim ^a   Al Doweriej, Ali ^a   Hashim, Osman ^a   Alkarar, Ali ^a   Abu Obeida, Ali ^a   Saleh, Mohamed ^a   Al Hofufi, Ali ^a   Al Ghadier, Hussein ^a   Hussien, Raed ^a   AL Sahaf, Ali ^a   Bayoumi, Faisal ^a   Magouz, Asmaa ^b  

^a Water and Agriculture   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Kafrelsheikh University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Livestock markets; MERS; Saudi Arabia; Slaughterhouses

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; CAMEL; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROMEDARY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVESTOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PHYLOGENY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ANIMAL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION STUDY; IMMUNOASSAY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NOSE CAVITY; PROCEDURES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; TOPOGRAPHY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VIROLOGY; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

ANIMALS; CAMELUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; IMMUNOASSAY; LIVESTOCK; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NASAL CAVITY; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOPOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 85041110789     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2018.01.004     Document Type: Article

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