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Source: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/21/4/14-1949_article
Volume 21, Number 4?April 2015
Dispatch
Lack of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Transmission from Infected Camels
Maged G. Hemida1, Abdulmohsen Al-Naeem1, Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera1, Alex W.H. Chin, Leo L.M. Poon, and Malik PeirisComments to Author
Author affiliations: Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt (M.G. Hemida); King Faisal University, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia (M.G. Hemida, A. Al-Naeem); The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (R.A.P.M. Perera, A.W.H. Chin, L.L.M. Poon, M. Peiris)
Abstract
To determine risk for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus transmission from camels to humans, we tested serum from 191 persons with various levels of exposure to an infected dromedary herd. We found no serologic evidence of human infection, suggesting that zoonotic transmission of this virus from dromedaries is rare...
Volume 21, Number 4?April 2015
Dispatch
Lack of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Transmission from Infected Camels
Maged G. Hemida1, Abdulmohsen Al-Naeem1, Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera1, Alex W.H. Chin, Leo L.M. Poon, and Malik PeirisComments to Author
Author affiliations: Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt (M.G. Hemida); King Faisal University, Hofuf, Saudi Arabia (M.G. Hemida, A. Al-Naeem); The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (R.A.P.M. Perera, A.W.H. Chin, L.L.M. Poon, M. Peiris)
Abstract
To determine risk for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus transmission from camels to humans, we tested serum from 191 persons with various levels of exposure to an infected dromedary herd. We found no serologic evidence of human infection, suggesting that zoonotic transmission of this virus from dromedaries is rare...