Prevalence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in dromedary camels in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates
| Autor: | Bahaaeldin A. Marzoug, Farouk Mohamed Hashem, Elsaeid A. Elsayed, Oum Keltoum A. Bensalah, Assem Si Abdelazim, Salama S. Al Muhairi, Wissam S. Serhan, Mohammed F. Yusof, Yassir M. Eltahir |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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endocrine system
Veterinary medicine Camelus Dromedary camel Slaughter house Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus viruses Molecular Sequence Data Sequence Homology United Arab Emirates High seroprevalence Biology Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction medicine.disease_cause Article Zoonosis Zoonoses Virology Prevalence Genetics medicine Animals Cluster Analysis Molecular Biology Phylogeny Molecular Epidemiology Geographic area virus diseases Sequence Analysis DNA General Medicine respiratory system medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases Nasal Mucosa Abu dhabi Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus RNA Viral Middle East respiratory syndrome Coronavirus Infections Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus |
| Zdroj: | Virus Genes |
| ISSN: | 1572-994X 0920-8569 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s11262-015-1174-0 |
| Popis: | High seroprevalence of Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus (MERS-CoV) in dromedary camels has been previously reported in United Arab Emirates (UAE). However, the molecular detection of the virus has never been reported before in UAE. Of the 7,803 nasal swabs tested in the epidemiological survey, MERS-CoV nucleic acid was detected by real-time PCR in a total of 126 (1.6 %) camels. Positive camels were detected at the borders with Saudi Arabia and Oman and in camels' slaughter houses. MERS-CoV partial sequences obtained from UAE camels were clustering with human- and camel-derived MERS-CoV sequences in the same geographic area. Results provide further evidence of MERS-CoV zoonosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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