MERS Coronaviruses in Dromedary Camels, Egypt

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Chu, Daniel K.W. ; Poon, Leo L.M. ; Gomaa, Mokhtar M. ; Shehata, Mahmoud M. ; Perera, Ranawaka A.P.M. ; Abu Zeid, Dina ; El Rifay, Amira S. ; Siu, Lewis Y. ; Guan, Yi ; Webby, Richard J. ; Ali, Mohamed A. ; Peiris, Malik ; Kayali, Ghazi
• Description:
  We identified the near-full-genome sequence (29,908 nt, >99%) of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) from a nasal swab specimen from a dromedary camel in Egypt. We found that viruses genetically very similar to human MERS-CoV are infecting dromedaries beyond the Arabian Peninsula, where human MERS-CoV infections have not yet been detected.
• Subjects:
  Abattoirs Adolescent Adult Aged Animals Antibodies, Viral Camelus Carrier State Child Coronavirus Infections Female Genome, Viral Humans Male Middle Aged Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Phylogeny Viral Proteins

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 20(6):1049-1053.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Egypt
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:ccf3977dac379ca09e0d1854e05e7eb9164b0e696a96137f05bc1e26e9f2b1cd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/23360/cdc_23360_DS1.pdf
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