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Acute Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Livestock Dromedaries, Dubai, 2014

Authors :
Sung Sup Park
Ulrich Wernery
Victor M. Corman
Emily Y.M. Wong
Alan K.L. Tsang
Doreen Muth
Susanna K. P. Lau
Kamal Khazanehdari
Florian Zirkel
Mansoor Ali
Peter Nagy
Jutka Juhasz
Renate Wernery
Sunitha Joseph
Ginu Syriac
Shyna K. Elizabeth
Nissy Annie Georgy Patteril
Patrick C. Y. Woo
Christian Drosten
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 21, Iss 6, Pp 1019-1022 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015.

Abstract

Camels carry Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, but little is known about infection age or prevalence. We studied >800 dromedaries of all ages and 15 mother–calf pairs. This syndrome constitutes an acute, epidemic, and time-limited infection in camels

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
21
Issue :
6
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.200c7c64eb4c4e40ae34a0bac87c0ea6
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2106.150038