Lack of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Transmission from Infected Camels

Lack of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Transmission from Infected Camels

Maged G. Hemida, Abdulmohsen Al-Naeem, Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera, Alex W.H. Chin, Leo L.M. Poon, Malik Peiris

To determine risk for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus transmission from camels to humans, we tested serum from 191 persons with various levels of exposure to an infected dromedary herd. We found no serologic evidence of human infection, suggesting that zoonotic transmission of this virus from dromedaries is rare.

2015

zoonosis, Middle East respiratory syndrome, M87eERS, Genomics, phylogeny, mutation

DOI: 10.3201/eid2104.141949

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine

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