Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2017)

Serologic Evidence for MERS-CoV Infection in Dromedary Camels, Punjab, Pakistan, 2012–2015

  • Muhammad Saqib,
  • Andrea Sieberg,
  • Muhammad Hammad Hussain,
  • Muhammad Khalid Mansoor,
  • Ali Zohaib,
  • Erik Lattwein,
  • Marcel Alexander Müller,
  • Christian Drosten,
  • Victor Max Corman

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161285
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 3
pp. 550 – 551

Abstract

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Dromedary camels from Africa and Arabia are an established source for zoonotic Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection among humans. In Pakistan, we found specific neutralizing antibodies in samples from 39.5% of 565 dromedaries, documenting significant expansion of the enzootic range of MERS-CoV to Asia.

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