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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Seropositivity in Camel Handlers and Their Families, Pakistan

Authors :
Abeer N. Alshukairi
Abdulaziz N. Alagaili
Jian Zheng
Nadia Mukhtar
Tahir Yaqub
Stanley Perlman
Nabil Amor
Nadeem Akhter
Sohail Hassan
Iqra Maleeha Nazeer
Zarfishan Tahir
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 25, Iss 12, Pp 2307-2309 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2019.

Abstract

A high percentage of camel handlers in Saudi Arabia are seropositive for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. We found that 12/100 camel handlers and their family members in Pakistan, a country with extensive camel MERS-CoV infection, were seropositive, indicating that MERS-CoV infection of these populations extends beyond the Arabian Peninsula.

Details

ISSN :
10806059 and 10806040
Volume :
25
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....240e62e0051e3f7ecdd1c9f7ba38a777
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2512.191169