Historical Bibliography Updated: March 23, 2020

Brief report: Evidence for camel-to-human transmission of MERS coronavirus.

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Publication Details

New Eng. J. Med., 370, 2499-2505. 2014 CE.

Dated June 26, 2014. Using viral genomics and PCR, the Saudi authors demonstrated that full genome sequences of a man, and the camel he had contact with, were identical. Available from nejm.org at this link.

(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this entry and its interpretation.)

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Africa & Middle East
Microbiology & Virology

Thematic Classifications

COUNTRIES, CONTINENTS AND REGIONS › Saudi Arabia EPIDEMIOLOGY INFECTIOUS DISEASE › MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) VIROLOGY › VIRUSES (by Family) › Coronaviruses (Coronaviridae) › MERS

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External URL	brief-report-evidence-for-camelto-human-transmission-of-mers-coronavirus