Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Bats, Saudi Arabia
Título
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Bats, Saudi Arabia
Autor
Ziad A Memish, Nischay Mishra, Kevin J Olival, Shamsudeen F. Fagbo, Vishal Kapoor, Jonathan H. Epstein, Rafat AlHakeem, Abdulkareem Durosinloun, Mushabab Al Asmari, Ariful Islam, Amit Kapoor, Thomas Briese, Peter Daszak, Abdullah A. Al Rabeeah, W. Ian Lipkin
Descripción
The source of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus remains unknown. Molecular investigation indicated that bats in Saudi Arabia are infected with several alphacoronaviruses and betacoronaviruses. Virus from 1 bat showed 100% nucleotide identity to virus from the human index case-patient. Bats might play a role in human infection.
Fecha
2013
Materia
coronavirus, bats, Middle East respiratory syndrome, MERS, Saudi Arabia, MERS-CoV
Identificador
DOI: 10.3201/eid1911.131172
Fuente
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Editor
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Cobertura
Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine
Idioma
EN
Archivos
Colección
Citación
Ziad A Memish, Nischay Mishra, Kevin J Olival, Shamsudeen F. Fagbo, Vishal Kapoor, Jonathan H. Epstein, Rafat AlHakeem, Abdulkareem Durosinloun, Mushabab Al Asmari, Ariful Islam, Amit Kapoor, Thomas Briese, Peter Daszak, Abdullah A. Al Rabeeah, W. Ian Lipkin, “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Bats, Saudi Arabia,” SOCICT Open, consulta 18 de abril de 2026, https://www.socictopen.socict.org/items/show/1058.
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