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Isolation of MERS Coronavirus from a Dromedary Camel,Qatar, 2014 |
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| Authors: | V. Stalin Raj Elmoubasher A.B.A. Farag Chantal B.E.M. Reusken Mart M. Lamers Suzan D. Pas Jolanda Voermans Saskia L. Smits Albert D.M.E. Osterhaus Naema Al-Mawlawi Hamad E. Al-Romaihi Mohd M. AlHajri Ahmed M. El-Sayed Khaled A. Mohran Hazem Ghobashy Farhoud Alhajri Mohamed Al-Thani Salih A. Al-Marri Mamdouh M. El-Maghraby Marion P.G. Koopmans Bart L. Haagmans |
| Affiliation: | Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (V. Stalin Raj, C.B.E.M. Reusken, M.M. Lamers, S.D. Pas, J. Voermans, S.L. Smits, A.D.M.E. Osterhaus, M.P.G. Koopmans, B.L. Haagmans); ;Supreme Council of Health, Doha , Qatar (E.A.B.A. Farag, H.E. Al-Romaihi, M.M. AlHajri, A.M. El-Sayed, M. Al-Thani, S.A. Al-Marri); ;Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha (N. Al-Mawlawi); ;Ministry of Environment, Doha (K.A. Mohran, H. Ghobashy, F. Alhajri, M.M. El-Maghraby) |
| Abstract: | We obtained the full genome of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) from a camel in Qatar. This virus is highly similar to the human England/Qatar 1 virus isolated in 2012. The MERS-CoV from the camel efficiently replicated in human cells, providing further evidence for the zoonotic potential of MERS-CoV from camels. |
| Keywords: | coronavirus MERS camel viruses Qatar |