%0 Journal Article
%T Qatar experience on One Health approach for middle-east respiratory syndrome coronavirus, 2012¨C2017: A viewpoint
%A Abdulla Bu-Sayaa
%A Amgad Elkholy
%A Aya Mustafa
%A Chantal Reusken
%A Elmoubasher Farag
%A Forhud Alhajri
%A Maria D. Van Kerkhove
%A Marion Koopmans
%A Md. Mazharul Islam
%A Minahil Khalid
%A Mohamed Haroun
%A Mohamed Nour
%A Mohd M. AlHajri
%A Reina S. Sikkema
%A Sk. Mamunur R. Malik
%J Archive of "One Health".
%D 2019
%R 10.1016/j.onehlt.2019.100090
%X The emergence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) in the Middle East in 2012 was associated with an overwhelming uncertainty about its epidemiological and clinical characteristics. Once dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) was found to be the natural reservoir of the virus, the public health systems across the Arabian Peninsula encountered an unprecedented pressure to control its transmission. This view point describes how the One Health approach was used in Qatar to manage the MERS-CoV outbreak during the period 2012¨C2017
%K One Health
%K MERS-CoV
%K Qatar
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6462540/