%0 Journal Article
%T Dromedary camels in northern Mali have high seropositivity to MERS-CoV
%A Abdalah Traor¨¦
%A Badian Kamissoko
%A Darryl Falzarano
%A David Safronetz
%A Emmie de Wit
%A Heinz Feldmann
%A Jacqueline Cronin
%A Kassim Samak¨¦
%A Mamadou Niang
%A Nafomon Sogoba
%A Ousmane Ma£¿ga
%A Shauna Milne-Price
%A Vincent J. Munster
%J Archive of "One Health".
%D 2017
%R 10.1016/j.onehlt.2017.03.003
%X 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
%K MERS-CoV
%K Serology
%K Neutralizing antibodies
%K Dromedary camels
%K Mali
%K Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
%K Emerging
%K Zoonotic infection
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5454179/