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Family cluster of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections, Tunisia, 2013.

ABSTRACT: In 2013 in Tunisia, 3 persons in 1 family were infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The index case-patient's respiratory tract samples were negative for MERS-CoV by reverse transcription PCR, but diagnosis was retrospectively confirmed by PCR of serum. Sequences clustered with those from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.

SUBMITTER: Abroug F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4178422 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Family cluster of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections, Tunisia, 2013.

Abroug Fekri F Slim Amine A Ouanes-Besbes Lamia L Hadj Kacem Mohamed-Ali MA Dachraoui Fahmi F Ouanes Islem I Lu Xiaoyan X Tao Ying Y Paden Clinton C Caidi Hayat H Miao Congrong C Al-Hajri Mohammed Mohammed MM Zorraga Mokhtar M Ghaouar Wissem W BenSalah Afif A Gerber Susan I SI

Emerging infectious diseases 20140901 9

In 2013 in Tunisia, 3 persons in 1 family were infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The index case-patient's respiratory tract samples were negative for MERS-CoV by reverse transcription PCR, but diagnosis was retrospectively confirmed by PCR of serum. Sequences clustered with those from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. ...[more]

PMID: 25148113

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Family cluster of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections, Tunisia, 2013.

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Family cluster of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections, Tunisia, 2013.

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