title: Acute middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in livestock Dromedaries, Dubai, 2014.
abstract: Camels carry Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, but little is known about infection age or prevalence. We studied >800 dromedaries of all ages and 15 mother-calf pairs. This syndrome constitutes an acute, epidemic, and time-limited infection in camels <4 years of age, particularly calves. Delayed social separation of calves might reduce human infection risk.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wernery
authors.forename: Victor M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Corman
authors.forename: Emily Y M
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Alan K L
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Tsang
authors.forename: Doreen
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Muth
authors.forename: Susanna K P
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Khazanehdari
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zirkel
authors.forename: Mansoor
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nagy
authors.forename: Jutka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Juhasz
authors.forename: Renate
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wernery
authors.forename: Sunitha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.forename: Ginu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Syriac
authors.forename: Shyna K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Elizabeth
authors.forename: Nissy Annie Georgy
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Patteril
authors.forename: Patrick C Y
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Drosten
mesh_terms: D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000266:history / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016679:Genome, Viral; D049674:History, 21st Century; D058751:Livestock / Q000821:virology*; D065207:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D065288:Serogroup; D014479:United Arab Emirates / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Dubai; MERS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; camels; coronavirus; dromedaries; livestock; transmission; viruses