Sparse evidence of MERS-CoV infection among animal workers living in Southern Saudi Arabia during 2012.
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Memish, ZA; Alsahly, A; Masri, MA; Heil, GL; Anderson, BD; Peiris, M; Khan, SU; Gray, GC
Published in: Influenza and other respiratory viruses
March 2015
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is an emerging viral pathogen that primarily causes respiratory illness. We conducted a seroprevalence study of banked human serum samples collected in 2012 from Southern Saudi Arabia. Sera from 300 animal workers (17% with daily camel exposure) and 50 non-animal-exposed controls were examined for serological evidence of MERS-CoV infection by a pseudoparticle MERS-CoV spike protein neutralization assay. None of the sera reproducibly neutralized the MERS-CoV-pseudotyped lentiviral vector. These data suggest that serological evidence of zoonotic transmission of MERS-CoV was not common among animal workers in Southern Saudi Arabia during July 2012.
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Influenza and other respiratory viruses
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1750-2659
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1750-2640
Publication Date
March 2015
Volume
9
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2
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64 / 67
Related Subject Headings
- Young Adult
- Virology
- Seroepidemiologic Studies
- Saudi Arabia
- Neutralization Tests
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- Female
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Memish, Z. A., Alsahly, A., Masri, M. A., Heil, G. L., Anderson, B. D., Peiris, M., … Gray, G. C. (2015). Sparse evidence of MERS-CoV infection among animal workers living in Southern Saudi Arabia during 2012. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, 9(2), 64–67. https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.12287
Memish, Ziad A., Ahmad Alsahly, Malak Al Masri, Gary L. Heil, Benjamin D. Anderson, Malik Peiris, Salah Uddin Khan, and Gregory C. Gray. “Sparse evidence of MERS-CoV infection among animal workers living in Southern Saudi Arabia during 2012.” Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 9, no. 2 (March 2015): 64–67. https://doi.org/10.1111/irv.12287.
Memish ZA, Alsahly A, Masri MA, Heil GL, Anderson BD, Peiris M, et al. Sparse evidence of MERS-CoV infection among animal workers living in Southern Saudi Arabia during 2012. Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 2015 Mar;9(2):64–7.
Memish, Ziad A., et al. “Sparse evidence of MERS-CoV infection among animal workers living in Southern Saudi Arabia during 2012.” Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, vol. 9, no. 2, Mar. 2015, pp. 64–67. Epmc, doi:10.1111/irv.12287.
Memish ZA, Alsahly A, Masri MA, Heil GL, Anderson BD, Peiris M, Khan SU, Gray GC. Sparse evidence of MERS-CoV infection among animal workers living in Southern Saudi Arabia during 2012. Influenza and other respiratory viruses. 2015 Mar;9(2):64–67.
Published In
Influenza and other respiratory viruses
DOI
EISSN
1750-2659
ISSN
1750-2640
Publication Date
March 2015
Volume
9
Issue
2
Start / End Page
64 / 67
Related Subject Headings
- Young Adult
- Virology
- Seroepidemiologic Studies
- Saudi Arabia
- Neutralization Tests
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Humans
- Female