Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in dromedary camels in Nigeria, 2015
- Perera, RAPM
- Oladipo, JO
- Kuranga, SA
- Peiris, JSM
- Poon, LLM
- Chu, KW
- Chan, MS
Publication date
January 2015
DOI Publisher
European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) ISSN
1025-496X Citation count (estimate)
27Abstract
Evidence of current and past Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in dromedary camels slaughtered at an abattoir in Kano, Nigeria in January 2015, was sought by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and serology. MERS-CoV RNA was detected in 14 (11%) of 132 nasal swabs and antibody in 126 (96%) of 131 serum samples. Phylogenetic analyses demonstrate that the viruses in Nigeria are genetically distinct from those reported in the Arabian peninsula.published_or_final_versio
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