Prevalence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Dromedary Camels, Tunisia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Eckstein, Simone ; Ehmann, Rosina ; Gritli, Abderraouf ; Ben Yahia, Houcine ; Diehl, Manuel ; Wölfel, Roman ; Ben Rhaiem, Mohamed ; Stoecker, Kilian ; Handrick, Susann ; Ben Moussa, Mohamed
• Description:
  Free-roaming camels, especially those crossing national borders, pose a high risk for spreading Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). To prevent outbreaks, active surveillance is necessary. We found that a high percentage of dromedaries in Tunisia are MERS-CoV seropositive (80.4%) or actively infected (19.8%), indicating extensive MERS-CoV circulation in Northern Africa.
• Subjects:
  Animals Camelus Coronavirus Infections Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Prevalence Zoonoses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(7):1964-1968
• Pubmed ID:
  34152977
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8237907
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Tunisia
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:86b9b5a6ce6f4a6093b877d44c626f8abbf72836e993de718ca582289cfbbd92
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/107966/cdc_107966_DS1.pdf
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