Acute Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Livestock Dromedaries, Dubai, 2014

Camels carry Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, but little is known about infection age or prevalence. We studied >800 dromedaries of all ages and 15 mother-calf pairs. This syndrome constitutes an acute, epidemic, and time-limited infection in camels <4 years of age, particularly c...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 21; no. 6; pp. 1019 - 1022
Main Authors: Wernery, Ulrich, Corman, Victor M., Wong, Emily Y.M., Tsang, Alan K.L., Muth, Doreen, Lau, Susanna K. P., Khazanehdari, Kamal, Zirkel, Florian, Ali, Mansoor, Nagy, Peter, Juhasz, Jutka, Wernery, Renate, Joseph, Sunitha, Syriac, Ginu, Elizabeth, Shyna K., Patteril, Nissy Annie Georgy, Woo, Patrick C. Y., Drosten, Christian
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.06.2015
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Acute Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Livestock Dromedaries, Dubai, 2014
Animal Diseases - epidemiology
Animal Diseases - history
Animal Diseases - virology
Animals
camels
Cattle
coronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - veterinary
Coronaviruses
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diseases
Dispatch
Dubai
Genome, Viral
Health aspects
History, 21st Century
Identification and classification
Livestock
Livestock - virology
Medical examination
MERS-CoV
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus - classification
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus - genetics
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus - isolation & purification
Open Reading Frames
Phylogeny
Serogroup
United Arab Emirates - epidemiology
viruses
United Arab Emirates
Middle East
viruses
transmission
camels
dromedaries
livestock
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
coronavirus
MERS-CoV
Dubai
ISSN:1080-6040, 1080-6059, 1080-6059
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Summary:Camels carry Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, but little is known about infection age or prevalence. We studied >800 dromedaries of all ages and 15 mother-calf pairs. This syndrome constitutes an acute, epidemic, and time-limited infection in camels <4 years of age, particularly calves. Delayed social separation of calves might reduce human infection risk.
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ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2106.150038