TY - JOUR AU - Eckstein, Simone AU - Ehmann, Rosina AU - Gritli, Abderraouf AU - Ben Yahia, Houcine AU - Diehl, Manuel AU - Wölfel, Roman AU - Ben Rhaiem, Mohamed AU - Stoecker, Kilian AU - Handrick, Susann AU - Ben Moussa, Mohamed T1 - Prevalence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Dromedary Camels, Tunisia T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 7 SP - 1964 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Free-roaming camels, especially those crossing national borders, pose a high risk for spreading Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). To prevent outbreaks, active surveillance is necessary. We found that a high percentage of dromedaries in Tunisia are MERS-CoV seropositive (80.4%) or actively infected (19.8%), indicating extensive MERS-CoV circulation in Northern Africa. KW - MERS-CoV KW - Middle East respiratory coronavirus KW - seroprevalence KW - phylogenetic analyses KW - dromedary camels KW - Camelus dromedarius KW - North Africa KW - Tunisia KW - viruses KW - zoonoses KW - respiratory infections DO - 10.3201/eid2707.204873 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/7/20-4873_article ER - End of Reference