Volume 24, Number 5—May 2018
Research Letter
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Antibodies in Dromedary Camels, Bangladesh, 2015
Ariful Islam, Jonathan H. Epstein
, Melinda K. Rostal, Shariful Islam, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Mohammed Enayet Hossain, M. Salim Uzzaman, Vincent J. Munster, Malik Peiris, Meerjady Sabrina Flora, Mahmudur Rahman, and Peter Daszak
, Melinda K. Rostal, Shariful Islam, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Mohammed Enayet Hossain, M. Salim Uzzaman, Vincent J. Munster, Malik Peiris, Meerjady Sabrina Flora, Mahmudur Rahman, and Peter Daszak
Table
Selected characteristics and MERS-CoV laboratory results for dromedary camels, Bangladesh, 2015*
| Characteristic | No. (%) camels | No. (%) positive for MERS-CoV, by laboratory test |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rPCR (%) | ELISA (%, 95% CI) | ppNT (%, 95% CI) | ||||||
| All camels | ||||||||
| Location | ||||||||
| Farm | 36 (56) | 0 | 6 (17, 6–33) | 5 (14, 5–29) | ||||
| Market | 19 (35) | 0 | 11 (58, 34–80) | 12 (63, 38–84) | ||||
| Origin | ||||||||
| Imported | 31 (56) | 0 | 16 (52, 33–70) | 16 (52, 33–70) | ||||
| Bangladesh | 24 (44) | 0 | 1 (4, 1–21) | 1 (4, 0–21) | ||||
| Sex | ||||||||
| M | 29 (53) | 0 | 6 (21, 8–40) | 7 (24, 10–44) | ||||
| F | 26 (47) | 0 | 11 (42, 23–63) | 10 (38, 20–59) | ||||
| Age group | ||||||||
| Adult, >2 y | 44 (80) | 0 | 16 (36, 22–52) | 16 (36, 22–52) | ||||
| Juvenile, <2 y | 11 (20) | 0 | 1 (9, 1–41) | 1 (9, 0–41) | ||||
| Body condition | ||||||||
| Poor | 19 (35) | 0 | 11 (58, 34–80) | 12 (63, 38–84) | ||||
| Fair | 6 (11) | 0 | 1 (16, 1–64) | 0 | ||||
| Good | 30 (55) | 0 | 5 (17, 1–35) | 5 (17, 06–35) | ||||
| Upper respiratory signs | ||||||||
| Yes | 2 (4) | 0 | 1 (50, 1–99) | 0 | ||||
| No |
53 (96) |
0 |
16 (30, 18–44 |
17 (32, 20–46) |
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| Farm camels | ||||||||
| Age group | ||||||||
| Adult, >2 y | 8 (22) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Juvenile, <2 y | 28 (78) | 0 | 6 (21, 8–41) | 5 (18, 6–37) | ||||
| Sex | ||||||||
| M | 18 (50) | 0 | 1 (6, 1–27) | 4 (22, 6–48) | ||||
| F | 18 (50) | 0 | 5 (28, 10–53) | 1 (6, 1–27) | ||||
| Origin | ||||||||
| Bangladesh | 24 (67) | 0 | 1 (4, 1–21) | 1 (4, 1–21) | ||||
| Imported |
12 (33) |
0 |
5 (42, 15–72) |
4 (33, 9–65) |
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| Market camels | ||||||||
| Age group | ||||||||
| Adult, >2 y | 3 (16) | 0 | 1 (33, 1–90) | 1 (33, 1–90) | ||||
| Juvenile, <2 y | 16 (84) | 0 | 10 (63, 35–85) | 11 (69, 41–89) | ||||
| Sex | ||||||||
| M | 11 (58) | 0 | 6 (75, 23–83) | 6 (55, 23–83) | ||||
| F | 8 (42) | 0 | 5 (45, 24–91) | 6 (75, 35–97) | ||||
| Origin | ||||||||
| Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Imported | 19 (100) | 0 | 11 (58, 34–80) | 12 (63, 38–84) | ||||
*MERS-CoV, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; ppNT, pseudoparticle neutralization test; rPCR, real-time PCR.
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