One Health (Jun 2017)
Dromedary camels in northern Mali have high seropositivity to MERS-CoV
- Darryl Falzarano,
- Badian Kamissoko,
- Emmie de Wit,
- Ousmane Maïga,
- Jacqueline Cronin,
- Kassim Samaké,
- Abdalah Traoré,
- Shauna Milne-Price,
- Vincent J. Munster,
- Nafomon Sogoba,
- Mamadou Niang,
- David Safronetz,
- Heinz Feldmann
Affiliations
- Darryl Falzarano
- Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 903 South 4th Street, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
- Badian Kamissoko
- Laboratoire Central Vétérinaire, Route de Koulikoro, BP 2295 Bamako, Mali
- Emmie de Wit
- Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 903 South 4th Street, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
- Ousmane Maïga
- International Center for Excellence in Research, Malaria Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
- Jacqueline Cronin
- Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 903 South 4th Street, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
- Kassim Samaké
- Laboratoire Central Vétérinaire, Route de Koulikoro, BP 2295 Bamako, Mali
- Abdalah Traoré
- Laboratoire Central Vétérinaire, Route de Koulikoro, BP 2295 Bamako, Mali
- Shauna Milne-Price
- Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 903 South 4th Street, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
- Vincent J. Munster
- Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 903 South 4th Street, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
- Nafomon Sogoba
- International Center for Excellence in Research, Malaria Research and Training Center, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Sciences, Techniques and Technologies of Bamako, Bamako, Mali
- Mamadou Niang
- Laboratoire Central Vétérinaire, Route de Koulikoro, BP 2295 Bamako, Mali
- David Safronetz
- Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 903 South 4th Street, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
- Heinz Feldmann
- Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 903 South 4th Street, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2017.03.003
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 3,
no. C
pp. 41 – 43
Abstract
A high percentage (up to 90%) of dromedary camels in the Middle East as well as eastern and central Africa have antibodies to Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Here we report comparably high positivity of MERS-CoV antibodies in dromedary camels from northern Mali. This extends the range of MERS-CoV further west in Africa than reported to date and cautions that MERS-CoV should be considered in cases of severe respiratory disease in the region.
Keywords
- MERS-CoV
- Serology
- Neutralizing antibodies
- Dromedary camels
- Mali
- Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- Emerging
- Zoonotic infection
