Lack of MERS Coronavirus Neutralizing Antibodies in Humans, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Gierer, Stefanie; Hofmann-Winkler, Heike; Albuali, Waleed H.; Bertram, Stephanie; Al-Rubaish, Abdullah M.; Yousef, Abdullah A.; Al-Nafaie, Awatif N.; Al-Ali, Amein K.; Obeid, Obeid E.; Alkharsah, Khaled R.; Pöhlmann, Stefan

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Lack of MERS Coronavirus Neutralizing Antibodies in Humans, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

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Dec 2013
By Gierer, Stefanie ; Hofmann-Winkler, Heike ; Albuali, Waleed H. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Gierer, Stefanie ; Hofmann-Winkler, Heike ; Albuali, Waleed H. ; Bertram, Stephanie ; Al-Rubaish, Abdullah M. ; Yousef, Abdullah A. ; Al-Nafaie, Awatif N. ; Al-Ali, Amein K. ; Obeid, Obeid E. ; Alkharsah, Khaled R. ; Pöhlmann, Stefan
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We used a lentiviral vector bearing the viral spike protein to detect neutralizing antibodies against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in persons from the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. None of the 268 samples tested displayed neutralizing activity, which suggests that MERS-CoV infections in humans are infrequent in this province.
Subjects:

Adult Antibodies, Neutralizing Antibodies, Viral Coronavirus Coronavirus Infections Female Humans Male Middle Aged Seroepidemiologic Studies Young Adult
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Emerg Infect Dis. 19(12):2034-2036.
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Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Saudi Arabia
Location:

Middle East
Volume:

19
Issue:

12
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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