TY - JOUR AU - Müller, Marcel AU - Corman, Victor Max AU - Jores, Joerg AU - Meyer, Benjamin AU - Younan, Mario AU - Liljander, Anne AU - Bosch, Berend-Jan AU - Lattwein, Erik AU - Hilali, Mosaad AU - Musa, Bakri AU - Bornstein, Set AU - Park, Sung Sup T1 - MERS Coronavirus Neutralizing Antibodies in Camels, Eastern Africa, 1983–1997 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2014 VL - 20 IS - 12 SP - 2093 SN - 1080-6059 AB - To analyze the distribution of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)–seropositive dromedary camels in eastern Africa, we tested 189 archived serum samples accumulated during the past 30 years. We identified MERS-CoV neutralizing antibodies in 81.0% of samples from the main camel-exporting countries, Sudan and Somalia, suggesting long-term virus circulation in these animals. KW - dromedary camel KW - reservoir KW - Middle East respiratory syndrome MERS KW - coronavirus KW - antibody KW - viruses KW - Africa DO - 10.3201/eid2012.141026 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/12/14-1026_article ER - End of Reference