MERS coronaviruses in dromedary camels, Egypt.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Chu DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4036765 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature