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. 2014 Jun 12;19(23):20829.
doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.23.20829.

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) RNA and neutralising antibodies in milk collected according to local customs from dromedary camels, Qatar, April 2014

C B Reusken  1 , E A Farag, M Jonges, G J Godeke, A M El-Sayed, S D Pas, V S Raj, K A Mohran, H A Moussa, H Ghobashy, F Alhajri, A K Ibrahim, B J Bosch, S K Pasha, H E Al-Romaihi, M Al-Thani, S A Al-Marri, M M AlHajri, B L Haagmans, M P Koopmans
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) RNA and neutralising antibodies in milk collected according to local customs from dromedary camels, Qatar, April 2014

C B Reusken et al. Euro Surveill. .
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Abstract

Antibodies to Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) were detected in serum and milk collected according to local customs from 33 camels in Qatar, April 2014. At one location, evidence for active virus shedding in nasal secretions and/or faeces was observed for 7/12 camels; viral RNA was detected in milk of five of these seven camels. The presence of MERS-CoV RNA in milk of camels actively shedding the virus warrants measures to prevent putative food-borne transmission of MERS-CoV.

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