Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2014)

Isolation of MERS Coronavirus from a Dromedary Camel, Qatar, 2014

  • 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,
  • Bart L. Haagmans

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2008.140663
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 8
pp. 1339 – 1342

Abstract

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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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