Wernery Ulrich, Corman Victor M, Wong Emily Y M, Tsang Alan K L, Muth Doreen, Lau Susanna K P, Khazanehdari Kamal, Zirkel Florian, Ali Mansoor, Nagy Peter, Juhasz Jutka, Wernery Renate, Joseph Sunitha, Syriac Ginu, Elizabeth Shyna K, Patteril Nissy Annie Georgy, Woo Patrick C Y, Drosten Christian
Emerg Infect Dis. 2015 Jun;21(6):1019-22. doi: 10.3201/eid2106.150038.
Camels carry Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, but little is known about infection age or prevalence. We studied >800 dromedaries of all ages and 15 mother-calf pairs. This syndrome constitutes an acute, epidemic, and time-limited infection in camels <4 years of age, particularly calves. Delayed social separation of calves might reduce human infection risk.
骆驼携带中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒,但对于感染年龄或感染率却知之甚少。我们研究了800多头不同年龄段的单峰骆驼以及15对母仔。这种综合征在4岁以下的骆驼尤其是幼崽中构成一种急性、流行性且有时间限制的感染。延迟幼崽与群体的分离可能会降低人类感染风险。