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
Publication date
March 2017
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
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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