2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2017.03.003
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Dromedary camels in northern Mali have high seropositivity to MERS-CoV

Abstract: A high percentage (up to 90%) of dromedary camels in the Middle East as well as eastern and central Africa have antibodies to Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Here we report comparably high positivity of MERS-CoV antibodies in dromedary camels from northern Mali. This extends the range of MERS-CoV further west in Africa than reported to date and cautions that MERS-CoV should be considered in cases of severe respiratory disease in the region.

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“…Interestingly, antibodies to MERS-CoV have been detected in camel sera collected more than 10 years ago from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) [11]. In addition, MERS-CoV has been reported in camels in many cross-sectional and longitudinal studies [10,19,20,21]. However, other farm animals (cattle, sheep, Table 2 The prevalence of MERS-CoV antibodies in dromedary camel linked to human cases in different regions, sex and ages in Saudi Arabia.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Interestingly, antibodies to MERS-CoV have been detected in camel sera collected more than 10 years ago from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) [11]. In addition, MERS-CoV has been reported in camels in many cross-sectional and longitudinal studies [10,19,20,21]. However, other farm animals (cattle, sheep, Table 2 The prevalence of MERS-CoV antibodies in dromedary camel linked to human cases in different regions, sex and ages in Saudi Arabia.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Viral and serological surveillance revealed a high rate of seropositivity to MERS-CoV in dromedary camels, including detection of antibodies to MERS-CoV in sera of camels in different countries (i.e., Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Egypt, Jordan, Nigeria, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Canary islands, Pakistan, and Mali) [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. Recovery of MERS-CoV genome sequences from camels with a high degree of homology to their counterparts in humans and isolation of MERS-like CoV from camels have been reported [9,10,14,15,19,20,21]. Together, these results suggest that the MERS-CoV detected in dromedary camels is the most likely source of the human infection [8,9,15,20,21].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Higher in camels > 1 yr p < 0.01 (Hemida et al, 2013) Mali < 2yrs 83% (n = NA b ) > 2yrs ∼90% d (n = NA b ) 3-8yrs 91% (n = NA b ) 9-16yrs 88% (n = NA b ) None Not significant (Falzarano et al, 2017) Pakistan ≤3yrs 58% (n = 177) > 3yrs 79% (n = 873) 3.1-10yrs 79% (n = 712) > 10yrs 81% (n = 161)…”
Section: Agementioning
confidence: 91%
“…The single-humped, Arabian dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius) has been strongly implicated as the MERS-CoV reservoir in which the disease is either asymptomatic or manifested as mild respiratory infection [3]. In the past three decades, high seropositivity rates of MERS-CoV were detected in dromedaries from many African and Arabian countries [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Recent reports indicating the genetic identity between the human and camel isolates of MERS-CoV have provided strong evidence that dromedaries are potential sources of human infection [13,[17][18][19][20][21].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%