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Volume 21, Number 7—July 2015
Letter

Absence of MERS-Coronavirus in Bactrian Camels, Southern Mongolia, November 2014

Samuel M.S. Chan1, Batchuluun Damdinjav1, Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera1, Daniel K.W. Chu1, Bodisaikhan Khishgee, Bazarragchaa Enkhbold, Leo L.M. Poon, and Ahmad M. HakawiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (S.M.S. Chan, R.A.P.M. Perera, D.K.W. Chu, L.L.M. Poon, M. Peiris); Transboundary State Central Veterinary Laboratory, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (B. Damdinjav, B. Khishgee, B. Enkhbold)

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Table

Collection sites of nasal swab and serum specimens from Bactrian camels tested for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, southern Mongolia, November 2014

Herd no. Province, district Age, y
 No. sampled/no. total in herd
<1 2–4 >5
1 Umnugovi, Khankhongor 9 5 9 23/56
2 Umnugovi, Khankhongor 7 2 9 18/31
3 Umnugovi, Khankhongor 8 0 5 13/28
4 Umnugovi, Khankhongor 0 9 17 26/65
5 Umnugov, Bayan-Ovoo 0 7 8 15/27
6 Umnugovi, Bayan-Ovoo 0 1 16 17/70
7 Umnugovi, Bayan-Ovoo 0 0 4 4/9
8 Umnugovi, Bayan-Ovoo 0 2 9 11/33
9 Umnugovi, Bayan-Ovoo 0 0 10 10/54
10 Umnugovi, Bayan-Ovoo 1 5 7 13/36
11 Umnugovi, Bayan-Ovoo 0 8 12 20/24
12 Dundgovi, Khuld 0 9 21 30/58
Total 25 48 127 200/491

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1These authors contributed equally to the article.

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