Risk Factors for Primary Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Camel Workers in Qatar During 2013–2014: A Case-Control Study

• Published in: The Journal of infectious diseases Vol. 215; no. 11; pp. 1702 - 1705
• Main Authors: Sikkema, Reina S., Farag, Elmoubasher A. B. A., Himatt, Sayed, Ibrahim, Adel K., Al-Romaihi, Hamad, A. Al-Marri, Salih, Al-Thani, Mohamed, El-Sayed, Ahmed M., Al-Hajri, Mohammed, L. Haagmans, Bart, Koopmans, Marion P. G., Reusken, Chantal B. E. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Oxford University Press 01.06.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Animal Husbandry; Animals; Brief Report; Camelus; Case-Control Studies; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; Coronavirus Infections - transmission; Coronavirus Infections - veterinary; Humans; Male; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus; Qatar - epidemiology; Risk Factors; VIRUSES; Zoonoses - epidemiology; Zoonoses - transmission; coronavirus; risk factors; MERS-CoV; transmission; zoonotic

The transmission routes and risk factors for zoonotic Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infections are still unknown. We used the World Health Organization questionnaire for MERS-CoV case-control studies to assess risk factors for human MERS-CoV seropositivity at a farm complex...