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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. ErdmanComments to Author 
Author affiliations: King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia (A.I. Khalafalla, A.I.A. Al-Mubarak, A.H.S. Dalab, K.A.S. Al-Busada); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (X. Lu, D.D. Erdman)

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Table 2

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus among dromedary camels, by sample group and camel age, Al-Ahsa Province, Saudi Arabia, 2013–2014*

Age, y Nasal swab samples, live camels
Lung tissue samples, camel carcasses
Total samples
No. tested No. (%) positive No. tested No. (%) positive No. tested No. (%) positive
Young, <4 36 15 (41.7) 28 23 (82.1) 64 38 (59.4)
Adult, >4 60 13 (21.7) 63 33 (52.4) 123 46 (37.4)
Total samples 96 28 (29.2) 91 56 (61.5) 187 84 (44.9)

*Tested by reverse transcription PCR.

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