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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Yusof MF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7088545 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Virus genes 20150205 3
High seroprevalence of Middle East respiratory syndrome corona virus (MERS-CoV) in dromedary camels has been previously reported in United Arab Emirates (UAE). However, the molecular detection of the virus has never been reported before in UAE. Of the 7,803 nasal swabs tested in the epidemiological survey, MERS-CoV nucleic acid was detected by real-time PCR in a total of 126 (1.6 %) camels. Positive camels were detected at the borders with Saudi Arabia and Oman and in camels' slaughter houses. M ...[more]