Abstract
We identified the near-full-genome sequence (29,908 nt, >99%) of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) from a nasal swab specimen from a dromedary camel in Egypt. We found that viruses genetically very similar to human MERS-CoV are infecting dromedaries beyond the Arabian Peninsula, where human MERS-CoV infections have not yet been detected.
Keywords: Egypt; MERS; MERS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome; camel; coronaviruses; dromedary; genomics; phylogeny; pneumonia; viruses; zoonosis.
Publication types
- Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
- Abattoirs
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral / blood*
- Camelus / virology*
- Carrier State
- Child
- Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
- Coronavirus Infections / veterinary*
- Coronavirus Infections / virology
- Egypt / epidemiology
- Female
- Genome, Viral*
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / classification
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / genetics*
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / isolation & purification
- Phylogeny
- Viral Proteins / genetics*
Substances
- Antibodies, Viral
- Viral Proteins