Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Dromedaries in Ethiopia Is Antigenically Different From the Middle East Isolate EMC

• Published in: Frontiers in microbiology Vol. 10; p. 1326
• Main Authors: Shirato, Kazuya, Melaku, Simenew Keskes, Kawachi, Kengo, Nao, Naganori, Iwata-Yoshikawa, Naoko, Kawase, Miyuki, Kamitani, Wataru, Matsuyama, Shutoku, Tessema, Tesfaye Sisay, Sentsui, Hiroshi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 19.06.2019
• Subjects: antigenicity; dromedary; Ethiopia; Microbiology; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; neutralization; antigenicity; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Middle East respiratory syndrome; neutralization; Ethiopia; dromedary

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is an emerging respiratory disease caused by the MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV). MERS has been endemic to Saudi Arabia since 2012. The reservoir of MERS-CoV is the dromedary camel, suggesting that MERS is primarily a zoonotic disease. MERS-CoV is common in dromed...