Laboratory of Biology and Experimental Pharmacology, University of Medea, Algeria.
Laboratory of Biology and Experimental Pharmacology, University of Medea, Algeria; Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Medea, Algeria.
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. 2023 Dec;103:102078. doi: 10.1016/j.cimid.2023.102078. Epub 2023 Oct 19.
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a zoonotic disease. Dromedary camel is responsible of its transmission to humans. Accordingly, several human cases have been reported worldwide with a high mortality rate. In Algeria, no data reported on MERS prevalence in camels. This is a first seroprevalence study MERS-CoV in Algerian dromedaries. A total of 87 camel blood samples from EL -MENIAA and Ghardaia, were analyzed by anti-MERS-CoV IgG ELISA camel. The seroprevalence was 64 % and it significantly increases with age. Larger serological and molecular screening is needed to precisely determine the rate of MERS active circulation among Algerian dromedary population.
中东呼吸综合征（MERS）是一种人畜共患病。单峰驼是其传播给人类的罪魁祸首。因此，全世界已经报告了几例人类感染病例，死亡率很高。在阿尔及利亚，没有报告关于骆驼中 MERS 流行率的数据。这是对阿尔及利亚单峰驼中 MERS-CoV 的首次血清流行率研究。对来自 EL-MENIAA 和 Ghardaia 的 87 份骆驼血液样本进行了抗 MERS-CoV IgG ELISA 检测。血清阳性率为 64%，且随年龄显著增加。需要进行更大规模的血清学和分子筛查，以准确确定 MERS 在阿尔及利亚单峰驼种群中的活跃传播率。
