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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Evidence for camel-to-human transmission of MERS coronavirus
New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 370, No. 26, Year 2014
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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. Copyright © 2014 Massachusetts Medical Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Azhar, Esam Ibraheem
Saudi Arabia, Jeddah
King Abdulaziz University
A El-Kafrawy, Sherif Aly
Saudi Arabia, Jeddah
King Abdulaziz University
Farraj, Suha Abdulall
Saudi Arabia, Jeddah
King Abdulaziz University
Hassan, Ahmed Mohamed Sharif
Saudi Arabia, Jeddah
King Abdulaziz University
Al-Saeed, Muneera S.
Saudi Arabia, Jeddah
King Abdulaziz University
Hashem, Anwar Mohammed
Saudi Arabia, Jeddah
King Abdulaziz University
Madani, Tariq Ahmed A.
Saudi Arabia, Jeddah
King Abdulaziz University
Statistics
Citations: 445
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1056/NEJMoa1401505
ISSN:
00284793
e-ISSN:
15334406
Research Areas
Covid
Health System And Policy