Isolation of MERS Coronavirus from a Dromedary Camel, Qatar, 2014
coronavirus, MERS, Camel, Viruses, Qatar
We obtained the full genome of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) from a camel in Qatar. This virus is highly similar to the human England/Qatar 1 virus isolated in 2012. The MERS-CoV from the camel efficiently replicated in human cells, providing further evidence for the zoonotic potential of MERS-CoV from camels.
V. Stalin Raj, Elmoubasher A. B. A. Farag, Chantal B. E. M. Reusken, Mart M. Lamers, Suzan D. Pas, Jolanda Voermans, Saskia L. Smits, Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus, Naema Al-Mawlawi, Hamad E. Al-Romaihi, Mohd. M. Al-Hajri, Ahmed M. El-Sayed, Khaled A. Mohran, Hazem Ghobashy, Farhoud Alhajri, Mohamed Al-Thani, Salih A. Al-Marri, Mamdouh M. El-Maghraby, Marion P. G. Koopmans, Bart L. Haagmans
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine