title: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus seroprevalence in domestic livestock in Saudi Arabia, 2010 to 2013.
abstract: In Saudi Arabia, including regions of Riyadh and Al Ahsa, pseudoparticle neutralisation (ppNT) and microneutralisation (MNT) tests detected no antibodies to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in sheep (n= 100), goats (n= 45), cattle (n= 50) and chickens (n= 240). Dromedary camels however, had a high prevalence of MERS-CoV antibodies. Bovine coronavirus (BCoV) infected sera from cattle had no cross-reactivity in MERS-CoV ppNT or MNT, while many dromedary camels’ sera reacted to both BCoV and MERS-CoV. Some nevertheless displayed specific serologic reaction profiles to MERS-CoV.
authors.affiliation: These authors contributed equally to this work.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Hemida
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Perera
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alhammadi
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Siu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Saif
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alnaeem
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peiris
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D057134:Antibodies, Neutralizing / Q000097:blood*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D002162:Camelus / Q000097:blood; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D058751:Livestock / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008877:Middle East; D015995:Prevalence; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D057134:Antibodies, Neutralizing; D000914:Antibodies, Viral