title: Human infection with MERS coronavirus after exposure to infected camels, Saudi Arabia, 2013.
abstract: We investigated a case of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) after exposure to infected camels. Analysis of the whole human-derived virus and 15% of the camel-derived virus sequence yielded nucleotide polymorphism signatures suggestive of cross-species transmission. Camels may act as a direct source of human MERS-CoV infection.
authors.forename: Ziad A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Memish
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cotten
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Simon J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Abdullah J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Alsahafi
authors.forename: Abdullah A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Al Rabeeah
authors.forename: Victor Max
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Corman
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sieberg
authors.forename: Hatem Q
authors.initials: HQ
authors.lastname: Makhdoom
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Assiri
authors.forename: Malaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Al Masri
authors.forename: Souhaib
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aldabbagh
authors.forename: Berend-Jan
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Bosch
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beer
authors.forename: Marcel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kellam
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Drosten
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus / Q000821:virology*; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D059014:High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D065207:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
keywords: MERS; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Saudi Arabia; coronavirus; dromedary camels; respiratory infections; viruses