Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Referral: Dr. Ian Mackay On Recent MERS Studies In Camels

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Coronavirus – Credit CDC PHIL

 

 

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While EID news is likely to be pretty slow between now and the New Year, Professor Mackay leaves us a little something under the tree this morning with his review of recent serological studies on MERS-CoV in Camels appearing in The Lancet and Eurosurveillance Journal over the past week. 

 

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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): camels, camels, camels!

Two studies in Eurosurveillance, an editorial note, A Lancet Infectious diseases report and a comment point 2 hairy toes toward camels as a harbour and source in some capacity, for MERS-CoV, or MERS-CoV-very-like, infections ticking over around the Arabian peninsula. All in the space of a week!

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