Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Bats, Saudi Arabia

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2013 Nov 12

PMID 24206838

Citations 405

Authors

Ziad A Memish

Nischay Mishra

Kevin J Olival

Shamsudeen F Fagbo

Vishal Kapoor

Jonathan H Epstein

Rafat Alhakeem

Abdulkareem Durosinloun

Mushabab Al Asmari

Ariful Islam

Amit Kapoor

Thomas Briese

Peter Daszak

Abdullah A Al Rabeeah

W Ian Lipkin

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Abstract

The source of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus remains unknown. Molecular investigation indicated that bats in Saudi Arabia are infected with several alphacoronaviruses and betacoronaviruses. Virus from 1 bat showed 100% nucleotide identity to virus from the human index case-patient. Bats might play a role in human infection.

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