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C.B.E.M. Reusken (Chantal), L. Messadi (Lilia), A. Feyisa (Ashenafi), H. Ularamu (Hussaini), G-J. Godeke (Gert-Jan), A. Danmarwa (Agom), F. Dawo (Fufa), M. Jemli (Mohamed), S. Melaku (Simenew), D. Shamaki (David), et al. Y. Woma (Yusuf), Y. Wungak (Yiltawe), E.Z. Gebremedhin (Endrias Zewdu), I. Zutt (I.), B.J. Bosch (Berend Jan), B.L. Haagmans (Bart) and M.P.G. Koopmans D.V.M. (Marion)

2014

Geographic distribution of MERS coronavirus among dromedary camels, Africa

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Emerging Infectious Diseases - (Open Access) , Volume 20 - Issue 8 p. 1370- 1374

We found serologic evidence for the circulation of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus among dromedary camels in Nigeria, Tunisia, and Ethiopia. Circulation of the virus among dromedaries across broad areas of Africa may indicate that this disease is currently underdiagnosed in humans outside the Arabian Peninsula.

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Persistent URL doi.org/10.3201/eid2008.140590, hdl.handle.net/1765/81016
Journal Emerging Infectious Diseases - (Open Access)
Grant This work was funded by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme; grant id fp7/223498 - European management platform for emerging and re-emerging infectious disease entities (EMPERIE), This work was funded by the European Commission 7th Framework Programme; grant id fp7/278976 - ANTIcipating the Global Onset of Novel Epidemics (ANTIGONE)
Organisation Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam
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Reusken, C., Messadi, L., Feyisa, A., Ularamu, H., Godeke, G.-J., Danmarwa, A., … Koopmans, M., D.V.M. (2014). Geographic distribution of MERS coronavirus among dromedary camels, Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases - (Open Access), 20(8), 1370–1374. doi:10.3201/eid2008.140590
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