MERS Coronavirus in Dromedary Camel Herd, Saudi Arabia

MERS Coronavirus in Dromedary Camel Herd, Saudi Arabia

Malik Peiris, Leo L.M. Poon, Daniel K.W. Chu, Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera, Yi Guan, Maged G. Hemida, Lewis Y. Siu, Mohammad A. Alhammadi, Hoi-yee Ng, Abdelmohsen Alnaeem

A prospective study of a dromedary camel herd during the 2013–14 calving season showed Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection of calves and adults. Virus was isolated from the nose and feces but more frequently from the nose. Preexisting neutralizing antibody did not appear to protect against infection.

2014

mutation, Genomics, zoonosis, phylogeny, Transmission, MERS

DOI: 10.3201/eid2007.140571

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine