Saqib Muhammad, Sieberg Andrea, Hussain Muhammad Hammad, Mansoor Muhammad Khalid, Zohaib Ali, Lattwein Erik, Müller Marcel Alexander, Drosten Christian, Corman Victor Max
Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Mar;23(3):550-551. doi: 10.3201/eid2303.161285.
Dromedary camels from Africa and Arabia are an established source for zoonotic Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection among humans. In Pakistan, we found specific neutralizing antibodies in samples from 39.5% of 565 dromedaries, documenting significant expansion of the enzootic range of MERS-CoV to Asia.
来自非洲和阿拉伯半岛的单峰骆驼是人类中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒(MERS-CoV)人畜共患感染的既定源头。在巴基斯坦,我们在565峰单峰骆驼的样本中发现,39.5%的样本含有特异性中和抗体,这证明MERS-CoV的地方流行范围已显著扩展至亚洲。