title: Lack of middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus transmission from infected camels.
abstract: To determine risk for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus transmission from camels to humans, we tested serum from 191 persons with various levels of exposure to an infected dromedary herd. We found no serologic evidence of human infection, suggesting that zoonotic transmission of this virus from dromedaries is rare.
authors: Maged G
authors: MG
authors: Hemida
authors: Abdulmohsen
authors: A
authors: Al-Naeem
authors: Ranawaka A P M
authors: RA
authors: Perera
authors: Alex W H
authors: AW
authors: Chin
authors: Leo L M
authors: LL
authors: Poon
authors: Malik
authors: M
authors: Peiris
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D065207:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / Q000235:genetics; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: MERS; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Saudi Arabia; camel; dromedary; genomics; mutation; phylogeny; transmission; viruses; zoonoses