Volume 21, Number 7—July 2015
Research
MERS-CoV in Upper Respiratory Tract and Lungs of Dromedary Camels, Saudi Arabia, 2013–2014
Abdelmalik I. Khalafalla, Xiaoyan Lu, Abdullah I.A. Al-Mubarak, Abdul Hafeed S. Dalab, Khalid A.S. Al-Busadah, and Dean D. Erdman
Table 1
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in dromedary camels, by sample group and collection date, Al-Ahsa Province, Saudi Arabia, 2013–2014*
| Sample collection date | Nasal swab samples, live camels |
Lung tissue samples, camel carcasses |
Total samples |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. tested | No. (%) positive | No. tested | No. (%) positive | No. tested | No. (%) positive | |||
| 2013 Apr | NA | NA | 12 | 8 (66.6) | 12 | 8 (66.6) | ||
| 2013 May | 16 | 5 (31.3) | 11 | 6 (54.5) | 27 | 11 (40.7) | ||
| 2013 Jun | 10 | 3 (30.0) | NA | NA | 10 | 3 (30.0) | ||
| 2013 Sep | NA | NA | 12 | 7 (58.3) | 12 | 7 (58.3) | ||
| 2013 Nov | 16 | 6 (37.5) | 13 | 10 (76.9) | 29 | 16 (55.2) | ||
| 2013 Dec | 10 | 4 (40.0) | 11 | 9 (81.8) | 21 | 13 (61.9) | ||
| 2014 Jan | 12 | 4 (33.3) | 10 | 8 (80.0) | 22 | 12 (54.5) | ||
| 2014 Mar | 14 | 4 (28.6) | 11 | 5 (45.4) | 25 | 9 (36.0) | ||
| 2014 May | 18 | 2 (11.1) | 11 | 3 (27.3) | 29 | 5 (17.2) | ||
| Total samples | 96 | 28 (29.2) | 91 | 56 (61.5) | 187 | 84 (44.9) | ||
*Tested by reverse transcription PCR. NA, not applicable.
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