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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Widagdo W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6466079 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Viruses 20190319 3
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a zoonotic pathogen that causes respiratory infection in humans, ranging from asymptomatic to severe pneumonia. In dromedary camels, the virus only causes a mild infection but it spreads efficiently between animals. Differences in the behavior of the virus observed between individuals, as well as between humans and dromedary camels, highlight the role of host factors in MERS-CoV pathogenesis and transmission. One of these host factors, t ...[more]