1. Isolation of MERS Coronavirus from a Dromedary Camel, Qatar, 2014
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V. Stalin Raj, Elmoubasher A.B.A. Farag, Chantal B.E.M. Reusken, Mart M. Lamers, Suzan D. Pas, Jolanda Voermans, Saskia L. Smits, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus, Naema Al-Mawlawi, Hamad E. Al-Romaihi, Mohd M. AlHajri, Ahmed M. El-Sayed, Khaled A. Mohran, Hazem Ghobashy, Farhoud Alhajri, Mohamed Al-Thani, Salih A. Al-Marri, Mamdouh M. El-Maghraby, Marion P.G. Koopmans, and Bart L. Haagmans
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coronavirus ,MERS ,camel ,viruses ,Qatar ,Medicine ,Infectious and parasitic diseases ,RC109-216 - Abstract
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.
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- 2014
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