We describe the isolation and sequencing of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) obtained from a dromedary camel and from a patient who died of laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV infection after close contact with camels that had rhinorrhea. Nasal swabs collected from the patient and from one of his nine camels were positive for MERS-CoV RNA. In addition, MERS-CoV was isolated from the patient and the camel. The full genome sequences of the two isolates were identical. Serologic data indicated that MERS-CoV was circulating in the camels but not in the patient before the human infection occurred. These data suggest that this fatal case of human MERS-CoV infection was transmitted through close contact with an infected camel.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/evidence-camel-human-transmission-mers-coronavirus
[2] http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1401505
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/esam-i-azhar
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/sherif-el-kafrawy
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/suha-farraj-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/new-england-journal-medicine
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/camel
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/animal-diseases
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/viral-diseases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/saudi-arabia
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/medical-research
