Journal
VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES
Volume 17, Issue 2, Pages 155-159Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2016.2062
Keywords
dromedary camel; Jordan; MERS-CoV; phylogeny; serology
Funding
- Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
- Jordan University of Science and Technology [272/2015]
- Emory University
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' of the USAID
- Kansas Bioscience Authority
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Prevalence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was determined in 45 dromedary camels from two geographically separated herds in Jordan. Virus shedding was only detected in swabs obtained from the respiratory tract and primarily observed in camels younger than 3 years. MERS-CoV seroprevalence increased with age of camels. Bovine and sheep sera were seronegative. Phylogenetic analysis of partial S2 clustered the Jordanian MERS-CoV strains with contemporary MERS-CoV strains associated with nosocomial outbreaks.
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