MERS Coronavirus Neutralizing Antibodies in Camels, Eastern Africa, 1983-1997
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2014-12
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Müller, Marcel A
Corman, Victor Max
Jores, Joerg
Meyer, Benjamin
Younan, Mario
Liljander, Anne
Bosch, Berend-Jan
Lattwein, Erik
Hilali, Mosaad
Musa, Bakri E
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To analyze the distribution of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)-seropositive dromedary camels in eastern Africa, we tested 189 archived serum samples accumulated during the past 30 years. We identified MERS-CoV neutralizing antibodies in 81.0% of samples from the main camel-exporting countries, Sudan and Somalia, suggesting long-term virus circulation in these animals.
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Müller, M A, Corman, V M, Jores, J, Meyer, B, Younan, M, Liljander, A, Bosch, B-J, Lattwein, E, Hilali, M, Musa, B E, Bornstein, S & Drosten, C 2014, 'MERS Coronavirus Neutralizing Antibodies in Camels, Eastern Africa, 1983-1997', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 20, no. 12, pp. 2093-2095. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2012.141026