| Literature DB >> 28009529 |
Neeltje van Doremalen1, Zaidoun S K Hijazeen2, Peter Holloway3, Bilal Al Omari4, Chester McDowell5, Danielle Adney6, Hani A Talafha4, Javier Guitian3, John Steel7, Nadim Amarin8, Markos Tibbo9, Ehab Abu-Basha4, Ahmad M Al-Majali4, Vincent J Munster1, Juergen A Richt5.
Abstract
Prevalence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was determined in 45 dromedary camels from two geographically separated herds in Jordan. Virus shedding was only detected in swabs obtained from the respiratory tract and primarily observed in camels younger than 3 years. MERS-CoV seroprevalence increased with age of camels. Bovine and sheep sera were seronegative. Phylogenetic analysis of partial S2 clustered the Jordanian MERS-CoV strains with contemporary MERS-CoV strains associated with nosocomial outbreaks.Entities:
Keywords: Jordan; MERS-CoV; dromedary camel; phylogeny; serology
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Year: 2016 PMID: 28009529 PMCID: PMC5278817 DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2016.2062
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis ISSN: 1530-3667 Impact factor: 2.133