Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Dromedary Camels in Africa and Middle East

• Published in: Viruses Vol. 11; no. 8; p. 717
• Main Authors: Kandeil, Ahmed, Gomaa, Mokhtar, Nageh, Ahmed, Shehata, Mahmoud M., Kayed, Ahmed E., Sabir, Jamal S. M., Abiadh, Awatef, Jrijer, Jamel, Amr, Zuhair, Abi Said, Mounir, Byarugaba, Denis K., Wabwire-Mangen, Fred, Tugume, Titus, Mohamed, Nadira S., Attar, Roba, Hassan, Sabah M., Abdulaziz Linjawi, Sabah, Moatassim, Yassmin, Kutkat, Omnia, Mahmoud, Sara, Bagato, Ola, Abo Shama, Noura M., El-Shesheny, Rabeh, Mostafa, Ahmed, A. P. M. Perera, Ranawaka, K. W. Chu, Daniel, Hassan, Nagla, Elsokary, Basma, Saad, Ahmed, Sobhy, Heba, El Masry, Ihab, P. McKenzie, Pamela, J. Webby, Richard, Peiris, Malik, J. Makonnen, Yilma, A. Ali, Mohamed, Kayali, Ghazi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 05.08.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: adults; Antibodies; blood serum; Camelidae; camels; Camelus dromedarius; Coronavirus infections; Coronaviruses; Disease transmission; Egypt; Epidemiology; Females; herds; Infections; Iraq; Jordan; longitudinal studies; MERS coronavirus; Middle East; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; monitoring; nose; Phylogeny; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Respiratory diseases; RNA; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Serology; seroprevalence; surveillance; Tunisia; Uganda; virus infection; virus transmission; Viruses; Zoonoses; Arabian Peninsula; United States > US; Sudan; Egypt; Africa; Kenya; Middle East; South Korea; Senegal; Uganda; Iraq; Tunisia; Ethiopia; Saudi Arabia; Jordan; epidemiology; surveillance; MERS coronavirus; virus transmission; virus infection

Dromedary camels are the natural reservoirs of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Camels are mostly bred in East African countries then exported into Africa and Middle East for consumption. To understand the distribution of MERS-CoV among camels in North Africa and the Midd...