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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Dietz L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7141890 | BioStudies | 2020-01-01
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): 10.18683/germs.2019.1155
REPOSITORIES: biostudies
Ramadan Nour N Shaib Houssam H
Germs 20190301 1
As a novel coronavirus first reported by Saudi Arabia in 2012, the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is responsible for an acute human respiratory syndrome. The virus, of 2C beta-CoV lineage, expresses the dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) receptor and is densely endemic in dromedary camels of East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. MERS-CoV is zoonotic but human-to-human transmission is also possible. Surveillance and phylogenetic researches indicate MERS-CoV to be closely asso ...[more]