Isolation of MERS Coronavirus from a Dromedary Camel, Qatar, 2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Raj, V. Stalin ; Farag, Elmoubasher A.B.A. ; Reusken, Chantal B.E.M. ; Lamers, Mart M. ; Pas, Suzan D. ; Voermans, Jolanda ; Smits, Saskia L. ; Osterhaus, Albert D.M.E. ; Al-Mawlawi, Naema ; Al-Romaihi, Hamad E. ; AlHajri, Mohd M. ; El-Sayed, Ahmed M. ; Mohran, Khaled A. ; Ghobashy, Hazem ; Alhajri, Farhoud ; Al-Thani, Mohamed ; Al-Marri, Salih A. ; El-Maghraby, Mamdouh M. ; Koopmans, Marion P.G. ; Haagmans, Bart L.
• Description:
  We obtained the full genome of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) from a camel in Qatar. This virus is highly similar to the human England/Qatar 1 virus isolated in 2012. The MERS-CoV from the camel efficiently replicated in human cells, providing further evidence for the zoonotic potential of MERS-CoV from camels.
• Subjects:
  Camel Coronavirus Dispatch MERS Qatar Viruses
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 20(8):1339-1342.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0150d906cad042ae03cbc06be7af716379940cd761b7b342ef64633632bc780c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24519/cdc_24519_DS1.pdf
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