Lack of MERS Coronavirus Neutralizing Antibodies in Humans, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia

Authors :: Obeid E. Obeid
Abdullah A Yousef
Stefanie Gierer
Heike Hofmann-Winkler
Stephanie Bertram
Amein K. Al-Ali
Stefan Pöhlmann
Waleed H. Albuali
Awatif N. Al-Nafaie
Abdullah M. Al-Rubaish
Khaled R. Alkharsah
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 19, Iss 12, Pp 2034-2036 (2013)
Publication Year :: 2013
Publisher :: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2013.
Abstract: We used a lentiviral vector bearing the viral spike protein to detect neutralizing antibodies against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in persons from the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. None of the 268 samples tested displayed neutralizing activity, which suggests that MERS-CoV infections in humans are infrequent in this province.

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