Falzarano Darryl, Kamissoko Badian, de Wit Emmie, Maïga Ousmane, Cronin Jacqueline, Samaké Kassim, Traoré Abdalah, Milne-Price Shauna, Munster Vincent J, Sogoba Nafomon, Niang Mamadou, Safronetz David, Feldmann Heinz
Laboratory of Virology, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 903 South 4th Street, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA.
Laboratoire Central Vétérinaire, Route de Koulikoro, BP 2295 Bamako, Mali.
One Health. 2017 Mar 10;3:41-43. doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2017.03.003. eCollection 2017 Jun.
A high percentage (up to 90%) of dromedary camels in the Middle East as well as eastern and central Africa have antibodies to Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Here we report comparably high positivity of MERS-CoV antibodies in dromedary camels from northern Mali. This extends the range of MERS-CoV further west in Africa than reported to date and cautions that MERS-CoV should be considered in cases of severe respiratory disease in the region.
中东以及东非和中非高达90%的单峰骆驼体内存在中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒(MERS-CoV)抗体。在此,我们报告了马里北部单峰骆驼中MERS-CoV抗体的阳性率同样很高。这将MERS-CoV在非洲的分布范围进一步扩展到了比迄今报道的更西部的地区,并警示该地区出现严重呼吸道疾病病例时应考虑MERS-CoV感染。