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MERS Coronaviruses in Dromedary Camels, Egypt

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Chu, Daniel K.W., Poon, Leo L.M., Gomaa, Mokhtar M., Shehata, Mahmoud M., Perera, Ranawaka A.P.M., Abu Zeid, Dina, El Rifay, Amira S., Siu, Lewis Y., Guan, Yi, Webby, Richard J., Ali, Mohamed A., Peiris, Malik, Kayali, Ghazi·2014·Emerging Infectious Diseases
DOI 10.3201/eid2006.140299
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We identified the near-full-genome sequence (29,908 nt, >99%) of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) from a nasal swab specimen from a dromedary camel in Egypt. We found that viruses genetically very similar to human MERS-CoV are infecting dromedaries beyond the Arabian Peninsula, where human MERS-CoV infections have not yet been detected.

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Chu, D. K. W., Poon, L. L. M., Gomaa, M. M., Shehata, M. M., Perera, R. A. P. M., Abu Zeid, D., El Rifay, A. S., Siu, L. Y., Guan, Y., Webby, R. J., Ali, M. A., Peiris, M., & Kayali, G.
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Published
2014-06
Volume
20
Issue
6
Pages
1049-1053
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  • 1080-6040 (ISSN-L)
  • 1080-6059
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10.3201/eid2006.140299
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307
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journal article
Language
en
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Chu, D. K. W., Poon, L. L. M., Gomaa, M. M., Shehata, M. M., Perera, R. A. P. M., Abu Zeid, D., El Rifay, A. S., Siu, L. Y., Guan, Y., Webby, R. J., Ali, M. A., Peiris, M., & Kayali, G. (2014). MERS Coronaviruses in Dromedary Camels, Egypt. Emerging Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2006.140299

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