Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Dromedary Camels in Saudi Arabia

The Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is proposed to be a zoonotic disease; however, the reservoir and mechanism for transmission of the causative agent, the MERS coronavirus, are unknown. Dromedary camels have been implicated through reports that some victims have been exposed to camels, came...

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Main Authors: Alagaili, Abdulaziz N., Briese, Thomas, Mishra, Nischay, Kapoor, Vishal, Sameroff, Stephen C., de Wit, Emmie, Munster, Vincent J., Hensley, Lisa E., Zalmout, Iyad S., Kapoor, Amit, Epstein, Jonathan H., Karesh, William B., Daszak, Peter, Mohammed, Osama B., Lipkin, W. Ian
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: American Society of Microbiology 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940034/