TY - JOUR AU - Saqib, Muhammad AU - Sieberg, Andrea AU - Hussain, Muhammad Hammad AU - Mansoor, Muhammad Khalid AU - Zohaib, Ali AU - Lattwein, Erik AU - Müller, Marcel Alexander AU - Drosten, Christian AU - Corman, Victor Max T1 - Serologic Evidence for MERS-CoV Infection in Dromedary Camels, Punjab, Pakistan, 2012–2015 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 3 SP - 550 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Dromedary camels from Africa and Arabia are an established source for zoonotic Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection among humans. In Pakistan, we found specific neutralizing antibodies in samples from 39.5% of 565 dromedaries, documenting significant expansion of the enzootic range of MERS-CoV to Asia. KW - Middle East respiratory syndrome KW - MERS-CoV KW - viruses KW - coronavirus KW - animal reservoir KW - zoonoses KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - neutralizing antibodies KW - serology KW - One Health KW - livestock KW - RNA viruses KW - dromedary KW - Bactrian KW - camels KW - Pakistan KW - Asia KW - Africa KW - Vaccine DO - 10.3201/eid2303.161285 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/3/16-1285_article ER - End of Reference