Human Infection with MERS coronavirus after exposure to infected camels, Saudi Arabia, 2013

Ziad A Memish; Matthew Cotten; Benjamin Meyer; Simon J. Watson; Abdullah J. Alsahafi; Abdullah A. Al-Rabeeah; Victor Max Corman; Andrea Sieberg; Hatem Q. Makhdoom; Abdullah Assiri; Malaki Al Masri; Souhaib Aldabbagh; Berend Jan Bosch; Martin Beer; Marcel A. Müller; Paul Kellam; Christian Drosten

doi:10.3201/eid2006.140402

Human Infection with MERS coronavirus after exposure to infected camels, Saudi Arabia, 2013

Ziad A Memish, Matthew Cotten, Benjamin Meyer, Simon J. Watson, Abdullah J. Alsahafi, Abdullah A. Al-Rabeeah, Victor Max Corman, Andrea Sieberg, Hatem Q. Makhdoom, Abdullah Assiri, Malaki Al Masri, Souhaib Aldabbagh, Berend Jan Bosch, Martin Beer, Marcel A. Müller, Paul Kellam, Christian Drosten

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review

275 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

We investigated a case of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) after exposure to infected camels. Analysis of the whole human-derived virus and 15% of the camel-derived virus sequence yielded nucleotide polymorphism signatures suggestive of cross-species transmission. Camels may act as a direct source of human MERS-CoV infection.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1012-1015
Number of pages	4
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	20
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2006.140402
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.3201/eid2006.140402

104511997-oaFinal published version, 281 KB

Cite this

Memish, Z. A., Cotten, M., Meyer, B., Watson, S. J., Alsahafi, A. J., Al-Rabeeah, A. A., Corman, V. M., Sieberg, A., Makhdoom, H. Q., Assiri, A., Al Masri, M., Aldabbagh, S., Bosch, B. J., Beer, M., Müller, M. A., Kellam, P., & Drosten, C. (2014). Human Infection with MERS coronavirus after exposure to infected camels, Saudi Arabia, 2013. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 20(6), 1012-1015. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2006.140402

@article{57d2e1f1b169475a98f4b5eedf6d849a,

title = "Human Infection with MERS coronavirus after exposure to infected camels, Saudi Arabia, 2013",

abstract = "We investigated a case of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) after exposure to infected camels. Analysis of the whole human-derived virus and 15% of the camel-derived virus sequence yielded nucleotide polymorphism signatures suggestive of cross-species transmission. Camels may act as a direct source of human MERS-CoV infection.",

author = "Memish, {Ziad A} and Matthew Cotten and Benjamin Meyer and Watson, {Simon J.} and Alsahafi, {Abdullah J.} and Al-Rabeeah, {Abdullah A.} and Corman, {Victor Max} and Andrea Sieberg and Makhdoom, {Hatem Q.} and Abdullah Assiri and {Al Masri}, Malaki and Souhaib Aldabbagh and Bosch, {Berend Jan} and Martin Beer and M{\"u}ller, {Marcel A.} and Paul Kellam and Christian Drosten",

year = "2014",

doi = "10.3201/eid2006.140402",

language = "English",

volume = "20",

pages = "1012--1015",

journal = "Emerging Infectious Diseases",

issn = "1080-6040",

publisher = "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)",

number = "6",

}

Memish, ZA, Cotten, M, Meyer, B, Watson, SJ, Alsahafi, AJ, Al-Rabeeah, AA, Corman, VM, Sieberg, A, Makhdoom, HQ, Assiri, A, Al Masri, M, Aldabbagh, S, Bosch, BJ, Beer, M, Müller, MA, Kellam, P & Drosten, C 2014, 'Human Infection with MERS coronavirus after exposure to infected camels, Saudi Arabia, 2013', Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 1012-1015. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2006.140402

TY - JOUR

T1 - Human Infection with MERS coronavirus after exposure to infected camels, Saudi Arabia, 2013

AU - Memish, Ziad A

AU - Cotten, Matthew

AU - Meyer, Benjamin

AU - Watson, Simon J.

AU - Alsahafi, Abdullah J.

AU - Al-Rabeeah, Abdullah A.

AU - Corman, Victor Max

AU - Sieberg, Andrea

AU - Makhdoom, Hatem Q.

AU - Assiri, Abdullah

AU - Al Masri, Malaki

AU - Aldabbagh, Souhaib

AU - Bosch, Berend Jan

AU - Beer, Martin

AU - Müller, Marcel A.

AU - Kellam, Paul

AU - Drosten, Christian

PY - 2014

Y1 - 2014

N2 - We investigated a case of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) after exposure to infected camels. Analysis of the whole human-derived virus and 15% of the camel-derived virus sequence yielded nucleotide polymorphism signatures suggestive of cross-species transmission. Camels may act as a direct source of human MERS-CoV infection.

AB - We investigated a case of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) after exposure to infected camels. Analysis of the whole human-derived virus and 15% of the camel-derived virus sequence yielded nucleotide polymorphism signatures suggestive of cross-species transmission. Camels may act as a direct source of human MERS-CoV infection.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84899938536&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3201/eid2006.140402

DO - 10.3201/eid2006.140402

M3 - Article

C2 - 24857749

AN - SCOPUS:84899938536

SN - 1080-6040

VL - 20

SP - 1012

EP - 1015

JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases

JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases

IS - 6

ER -

Human Infection with MERS coronavirus after exposure to infected camels, Saudi Arabia, 2013

Abstract

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Cite this