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Variations in Spike Glycoprotein Gene of MERS-CoV, South Korea, 2015

Authors :
Hak Kyeong Kim
Hae Ji Kang
Young Woo Han
Su Jin Kim
Dae-Won Kim
Deokbum Park
Kisoon Kim
You-Jin Kim
Areum Kim
Hyang-Min Cheong
Joo Ae Kim
Deok Rim Heo
Jeong-Sun Yang
Sung Han Park
Jeong-Gu Nam
Mi-ran Yun
Sung Soon Kim
Jun Ho Jeon
Han Saem Lee
Heui Man Kim
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 100-104 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2016.

Abstract

An outbreak of nosocomial infections with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus occurred in South Korea in May 2015. Spike glycoprotein genes of virus strains from South Korea were closely related to those of strains from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. However, virus strains from South Korea showed strain-specific variations.

Details

ISSN :
10806059 and 10806040
Volume :
22
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....3d95aca0ceea161006d334fd144ebb2d
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2201.151055