Livestock Susceptibility to Infection with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Júlia Vergara-Alert
1, Judith M.A. van den Brand
1, W. Widagdo
1, Marta Muñoz, Stalin Raj, Debby Schipper, David Solanes, Ivan Cordón, Albert Bensaid, Bart L. Haagmans, and Joaquim Segalés
Author affiliations: Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal, Barcelona, Spain (J. Vergara-Alert, M. Muñoz, D. Solanes, I. Cordón, A. Bensaid, J. Segalés); Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (J.M.A. van den Brand, W. Widagdo, V.S. Raj, D. Schipper, B.L. Haagmans); Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona (J. Segalés)
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Figure 2. MERS-CoV viral RNA in respiratory tissues of llamas (A) and pigs (B). Viral RNA was determined in tissue homogenates at postinoculation days 4 and 24. Error bars indicate SDs when results were positive in >1 animal. Dashed lines depict the detection limit of the assays (Ct ≤40). Ct, cycle threshold; MERS-CoV, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; PI, postinoculation.
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