Prevalence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Dromedary Camels, Tunisia
- Simone Eckstein
- Rosina Ehmann
- Abderraouf Gritli
- Houcine Ben Yahia
- Manuel Diehl
- Roman Wölfel
- Mohamed Ben Rhaiem
- Kilian Stoecker
- Susann Handrick
- Mohamed Ben Moussa
Publication date
July 2021
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
Free-roaming camels, especially those crossing national borders, pose a high risk for spreading Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). To prevent outbreaks, active surveillance is necessary. We found that a high percentage of dromedaries in Tunisia are MERS-CoV seropositive (80.4%) or actively infected (19.8%), indicating extensive MERS-CoV circulation in Northern Africa
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