Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2021 Feb 5;11(1):60-66.
doi: 10.1093/af/vfaa048. eCollection 2021 Jan.

The impact of COVID-19 on Old World Camelids and their potential role to combat a human pandemic

Peter Nagy  1 , Ulrich Wernery  2 , Pamela Burger  3 , Judit Juhasz  1 , Bernard Faye  4   5
Affiliations

The impact of COVID-19 on Old World Camelids and their potential role to combat a human pandemic

Peter Nagy et al. Anim Front. .
No abstract available

Keywords: camel market; coronavirus; immunology; large camelids; pandemic.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
The two main large camelids: Camelus dromedarius and Camelus bactrianus (photo: B.F.).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Dromedaries in milking parlor in intensified camel farming (photo: P.N.)
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Camel used for racing in Saudi Arabia (photo: B.F.).
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Increasing demand in camel milk for its suspected immune-protective effect against COVID-19.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Arbabi-Ghahroudi, M 2017. Camelid single-domain antibodies: historical perspective and future outlook. Front. Immunol. 8:1589. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.01589 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Burke, D.S 1998. Evolvability of emerging viruses. In: Nelson A. M., and Horsburgh C. R. Jr, editors. Pathology of emerging infections. 2nd ed. Washington (DC): American Society for Microbiology; p. 1–12.
    1. Ciccarese, S., Burger P. A., Ciani E., Castelli V., Linguiti G., Plasil M., Massari S., Horin P., and Antonacci R.. 2019. The camel adaptive immune receptors repertoire as a singular example of structural and functional genomics. Front. Genet. 10:997. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00997 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Dawson, P., Malik M. R., Parvez F., and Morse S. S.. 2019. What have we learned about Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus emergence in humans? A systematic literature review. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 19:174–192. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2017.2191 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Dong, J., Huang B., Jia Z., Wang B., Gallolu Kankanamalage S., Titong A., and Liu Y.. 2020. Development of multi-specific humanized llama antibodies blocking SARS-CoV-2/ACE2 interaction with high affinity and avidity. Emerg. Microbes Infect. 9:1034–1036. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2020.1768806 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources