MERS Coronavirus Neutralizing Antibodies in Camels, Eastern Africa, 1983–1997
- Marcel A. Müller
- Victor Max Corman
- Joerg Jores
- Benjamin Meyer
- Mario Younan
- Anne M. Liljander
- Berend-Jan Bosch
- Erik Lattwein
- Mosaad Hilali
- Bakri E. Musa
- Set Bornstein
- Sung Sup Park
Publication date
December 2014
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
To analyze the distribution of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)–seropositive dromedary camels in eastern Africa, we tested 189 archived serum samples accumulated during the past 30 years. We identified MERS-CoV neutralizing antibodies in 81.0% of samples from the main camel-exporting countries, Sudan and Somalia, suggesting long-term virus circulation in these animals
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