Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2019)

Genetic Characterization of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, South Korea, 2018

  • Yoon-Seok Chung,
  • Jeong Min Kim,
  • Heui Man Kim,
  • Kye Ryeong Park,
  • Anna Lee,
  • Nam-Joo Lee,
  • Mi-Seon Kim,
  • Jun Sub Kim,
  • Chi-Kyeong Kim,
  • Jae In Lee,
  • Chun Kang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2505.181534
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 5
pp. 958 – 962

Abstract

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We evaluated genetic variation in Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) imported to South Korea in 2018 using specimens from a patient and isolates from infected Caco-2 cells. The MERS-CoV strain in this study was genetically similar to a strain isolated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2017.

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