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Nearly identical MERS-CoV strains found in camels, humans | CIDRAP

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Researchers today reported that dromedary camels on a farm in Qatar were infected with a strain of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) nearly identical to that found in two people associated with the farm. The findings point to an outbreak that involved both camels and humans, but they don't answer the key question of whether camels infected humans or the other way around.....

Haagmans B, Dhahiry SHS, Reusken CBEM, et al. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in dromedary camels: an outbreak investigation. Lancet 2013; online publication Dec 16 The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Early Online Publication, 17 December 2013 doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70690-X
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(13)70691-1/fulltext

Ferguson NM, Van Kerkhove MD. Identification of MERS-CoV in dromedary camels. (Editorial) Lancet 2013; online publication Dec 16
The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Early Online Publication, 17 December 2013 doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70691-1
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(13)70691-1/fulltext

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-pers...dentical-mers-cov-strains-found-camels-humans

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