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Evidence for Camel-to-Human Transmission of MERS Coronavirus

Azhar, Esam.


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Evidence for Camel-to-Human Transmission of MERS Coronavirus

Azhar, Esam.

We describe the isolation and sequencing of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) obtained from a dromedary camel and from a patient who died of laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV infection after close contact with camels that had rhinorrhea. Nasal swabs collected from the patient and from one of his nine camels were positive for MERS-CoV RNA. In addition, MERS-CoV was isolated from the patient and the camel. The full genome sequences of the two isolates were identical. Serologic data indicated that MERS-CoV was circulating in the camels but not in the patient before the human infection occurred. These data suggest that this fatal case of human MERS-CoV infection was transmitted through close contact with an infected camel.

We describe the isolation and sequencing of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) obtained from a dromedary camel and from a patient who died of laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV infection after close contact with camels that had rhinorrhea. Nasal swabs collected from the patient an...

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المؤلف : Azhar, Esam.

بيانات النشر : The new England journal of medicine، 2014مـ.

التصنيف الموضوعي : العلوم التطبيقية|العلوم الطبية .

المواضيع : MERS Coronavirus .

المصدر : The new england journal of medicine : .

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