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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2023 Mar;29(3):585-589.
doi: 10.3201/eid2903.220986.
Extended Viral Shedding of MERS-CoV Clade B Virus in Llamas Compared with African Clade C Strain
Jordi Rodon, Anna Z Mykytyn, Nigeer Te, Nisreen M A Okba, Mart M Lamers, Lola Pailler-García, Guillermo Cantero, Irina Albulescu, Berend-Jan Bosch, Malik Peiris, Albert Bensaid, Júlia Vergara-Alert, Bart L Haagmans, Joaquim Segalés
Abstract
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) clade B viruses are found in camelids and humans in the Middle East, but clade C viruses are not. We provide experimental evidence for extended shedding of MERS-CoV clade B viruses in llamas, which might explain why they outcompete clade C strains in the Arabian Peninsula.
Keywords: MERS-CoV; MERS-CoV clade C; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Spain; camelid; llama; virus transmission; viruses.
. 2023 Mar;29(3):585-589.
doi: 10.3201/eid2903.220986.
Extended Viral Shedding of MERS-CoV Clade B Virus in Llamas Compared with African Clade C Strain
Jordi Rodon, Anna Z Mykytyn, Nigeer Te, Nisreen M A Okba, Mart M Lamers, Lola Pailler-García, Guillermo Cantero, Irina Albulescu, Berend-Jan Bosch, Malik Peiris, Albert Bensaid, Júlia Vergara-Alert, Bart L Haagmans, Joaquim Segalés
- PMID: 36823022
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2903.220986
Abstract
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) clade B viruses are found in camelids and humans in the Middle East, but clade C viruses are not. We provide experimental evidence for extended shedding of MERS-CoV clade B viruses in llamas, which might explain why they outcompete clade C strains in the Arabian Peninsula.
Keywords: MERS-CoV; MERS-CoV clade C; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Spain; camelid; llama; virus transmission; viruses.