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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus—a 10-year (2012-2022) global analysis of human and camel infections, genomic sequences, lineages, and geographical origins

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2023
Objectives: The World Health Organization priority zoonotic pathogen Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus (CoV) has a high case fatality rate in humans and circulates in camels worldwide.
Esam I. Azhar, Thirumalaisamy P. Velavan, Ikrormi Rungsung, Tieble Traore, David S. Hui, Brian McCloskey, Sherif A. El-Kafrawy, Alimuddin Zumla   +7 more
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Replication of MERS and SARS coronaviruses in bat cells offers insights to their ancestral origins

Emerging Microbes and Infections, 2018
Previous findings of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)-related viruses in bats, and the ability of Tylonycteris-BatCoV HKU4 spike protein to utilize MERS-CoV receptor, human dipeptidyl peptidase 4 hDPP4, suggest a bat ancestral ...
Susanna K. P. Lau, Rachel Y. Y. Fan, Hayes K. H. Luk, Longchao Zhu, Joshua Fung, Kenneth S. M. Li, Emily Y. M. Wong, Syed Shakeel Ahmed, Jasper F. W. Chan, Raven K. H. Kok, Kwok-Hung Chan, Ulrich Wernery, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Patrick C. Y. Woo   +13 more
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Unraveling the drivers of MERS-CoV transmission [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2016
Significance Since it was discovered in 2012, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has infected more than 1,700 persons, one-third of whom died, essentially in the Middle East. Persons can get infected by direct or indirect contact with dromedary camels, and although human-to-human transmission is not self ...
Simon Cauchemez, Pierre Nouvellet, Anne Cori, Thibaut Jombart, Tini Garske, Hannah Clapham, Sean Moore, Harriet Linden Mills, Henrik Salje, Caitlin Collins, Isabel Rodriquez-Barraquer, Steven Riley, Shaun Truelove, Homoud Algarni, Rafat Alhakeem, Khalid AlHarbi, Abdulhafiz Turkistani, Ricardo J. Aguas, Derek A. T. Cummings, Maria D. Van Kerkhove, Christl A. Donnelly, Justin Lessler, Christophe Fraser, Ali Al-Barrak, Neil M. Ferguson   +24 more
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Virtual Screening and Inhibition of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Replication by Targeting Papain-like Protease

Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Journal, 2021
Infection by the emerging, potentially zoonotic Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) presents a severe health hazard to humans and is often fatal.
Mahmoud Kandeel, Byoung Kwon Park, Mohamed A. Morsy, Katharigatta N. Venugopala, Kentaro Oh-hashi, Mohammed Al-Nazawi, Hyung-Joo Kwon   +6 more
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MERS-CoV [PDF]

Oman Medical Journal, 2014
Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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CD8+ T Cells Responding to the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Protein Delivered by Vaccinia Virus MVA in Mice

Viruses, 2018
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), a novel infectious agent causing severe respiratory disease and death in humans, was first described in 2012.
Svenja Veit, Sylvia Jany, Robert Fux, Gerd Sutter, Asisa Volz   +4 more
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Scanning Electron Microscopic Findings on Respiratory Organs of Some Naturally Infected Dromedary Camels with the Lineage-B of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia—2018

Pathogens, 2021
The currently known animal reservoir for MERS-CoV is the dromedary camel. The clinical pattern of the MERS-CoV field infection in dromedary camels is not yet fully studied well.
Abdelmohsen Alnaeem, Samy Kasem, Ibrahim Qasim, Mohamed Refaat, Ali Nasser Alhufufi, Ali Al-Doweriej, Abdulkareem Al-Shabebi, Abd-El Rahman Taha Hereba, Maged Gomaa Hemida   +8 more
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[Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Camel virus and zoonotic pathogen]

Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift, 2021
The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been firstly identified in September 2012 as causative agent of severe and lethal respiratory disease in humans (Table 1).
Christian Meyer zu Natrup, Asisa Volz
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Evaluating MERS-CoV Entry Pathways [PDF]

, 2019
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen with a broad host range. The extent of MERS-CoV in nature can be traced to its adaptable cell entry steps. The virus can bind host-cell carbohydrates as well as proteinaceous receptors.
Qing, Enya, Hantak, Michael P., Galpalli, Gautami G., Gallagher, Tom   +3 more
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus specific antibodies in naturally exposed Israeli llamas, alpacas and camels

One Health, 2018
Thus far, no human MERS-CoV infections have been reported from Israel. Evidence for the circulation of MERS-CoV in dromedaries has been reported from almost all the countries of the Middle East, except Israel.
Dan David, Ditza Rotenberg, Evgeny Khinich, Oran Erster, Svetlana Bardenstein, Michael van Straten, Nisreen M.A. Okba, Stalin V. Raj, Bart L. Haagmans, Marcelo Miculitzki, Irit Davidson   +10 more
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