title: Reply to "Concerns about misinterpretation of recent scientific data implicating dromedary camels in epidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)".
authors.affiliation: KSU Mammals Research Chair, Department of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Abdulaziz N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Alagaili
authors.affiliation: Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Briese
authors.affiliation: EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: William B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Karesh
authors.affiliation: EcoHealth Alliance, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Daszak
authors.affiliation: Center for Infection and Immunity, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA wil2001@columbia.edu.
authors.forename: W Ian
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Lipkin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus / Q000821:virology*; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D065207:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*