Serologic Evidence for MERS-CoV Infection in Dromedary Camels, Punjab, Pakistan, 2012–2015

نویسندگان

  • Muhammad Saqib
  • Andrea Sieberg
  • Muhammad Hammad Hussain
  • Muhammad Khalid Mansoor
  • Ali Zohaib
  • Erik Lattwein
  • Marcel Alexander Müller
  • Christian Drosten
  • Victor Max Corman
چکیده

Dromedary camels from Africa and Arabia are an established source for zoonotic Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection among humans. In Pakistan, we found specific neutralizing antibodies in samples from 39.5% of 565 dromedaries, documenting significant expansion of the enzootic range of MERS-CoV to Asia.

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دوره 23  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017