Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Seropositivity in Camel Handlers and Their Families, Pakistan

Jian Zheng; Sohail Hassan; Abdulaziz N Alagaili; Abeer N Alshukairi; Nabil M S Amor; Nadia Mukhtar; Iqra Maleeha Nazeer; Zarfishan Tahir; Nadeem Akhter; Stanley Perlman; Tahir Yaqub

doi:10.3201/eid2512.191169

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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Seropositivity in Camel Handlers and Their Families, Pakistan

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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Seropositivity in Camel Handlers and Their Families, Pakistan

Jian Zheng, Sohail Hassan, Abdulaziz N Alagaili, Abeer N Alshukairi, Nabil M S Amor, Nadia Mukhtar, Iqra Maleeha Nazeer, Zarfishan Tahir, Nadeem Akhter, Stanley Perlman, …

Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.25(12), pp.2307-2309

12/2019

DOI: 10.3201/eid2512.191169

PMCID: PMC6874235

PMID: 31742530

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Abstract

A high percentage of camel handlers in Saudi Arabia are seropositive for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. We found that 12/100 camel handlers and their family members in Pakistan, a country with extensive camel MERS-CoV infection, were seropositive, indicating that MERS-CoV infection of these populations extends beyond the Arabian Peninsula.

Camelus

Farmers

Humans

Middle Aged

Male

Seroepidemiologic Studies

Coronavirus Infections - immunology

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus - immunology

Coronavirus Infections - transmission

Young Adult

Pakistan - epidemiology

Animals

Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology

Coronavirus Infections - virology

Public Health Surveillance

Adolescent

Adult

Family

Female

Aged

Child

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Title: Subtitle: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Seropositivity in Camel Handlers and Their Families, Pakistan
Creators: Jian Zheng
Sohail Hassan
Abdulaziz N Alagaili
Abeer N Alshukairi
Nabil M S Amor
Nadia Mukhtar
Iqra Maleeha Nazeer
Zarfishan Tahir
Nadeem Akhter
Stanley Perlman
Tahir Yaqub
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.25(12), pp.2307-2309
DOI: 10.3201/eid2512.191169
PMID: 31742530
PMCID: PMC6874235
NLM abbreviation: Emerg Infect Dis
ISSN: 1080-6040
eISSN: 1080-6059
Publisher: United States
Grant note: P01 AI060699 / NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI129269 / NIAID NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 12/2019
Academic Unit: Microbiology and Immunology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Infectious Disease (Pediatrics)
Record Identifier: 9984070396802771

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