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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Dec;26(12):3089-3091.
doi: 10.3201/eid2612.191094.
Phylogenetic Analysis of MERS-CoV in a Camel Abattoir, Saudi Arabia, 2016-2018
Maged Gomaa Hemida, Daniel K W Chu, Yen Y Chor, Samuel M S Cheng, Leo L M Poon, Abdelmohsen Alnaeem, Malik Peiris
Abstract
We detected Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) RNA in 305/1,131 (27%) camels tested at an abattoir in Al Hasa, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, during January 2016-March 2018. We characterized 48 full-length MERS-CoV genomes and noted the viruses clustered in MERS-CoV lineage 5 clade B.
Keywords: MERS; MERS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Saudi Arabia; abattoir; camels; coronavirus; dromedary; phylogeny; respiratory infections; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Dec;26(12):3089-3091.
doi: 10.3201/eid2612.191094.
Phylogenetic Analysis of MERS-CoV in a Camel Abattoir, Saudi Arabia, 2016-2018
Maged Gomaa Hemida, Daniel K W Chu, Yen Y Chor, Samuel M S Cheng, Leo L M Poon, Abdelmohsen Alnaeem, Malik Peiris
- PMID: 33219804
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2612.191094
Abstract
We detected Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) RNA in 305/1,131 (27%) camels tested at an abattoir in Al Hasa, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, during January 2016-March 2018. We characterized 48 full-length MERS-CoV genomes and noted the viruses clustered in MERS-CoV lineage 5 clade B.
Keywords: MERS; MERS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Saudi Arabia; abattoir; camels; coronavirus; dromedary; phylogeny; respiratory infections; viruses; zoonoses.