TY - JOUR AU - Chung, Yoon-Seok AU - Kim, Jeong Min AU - Man Kim, Heui AU - Park, Kye Ryeong AU - Lee, Anna AU - Lee, Nam-Joo AU - Kim, Mi-Seon AU - Kim, Jun Sub AU - Kim, Chi-Kyeong AU - Lee, Jae In AU - Kang, Chun T1 - Genetic Characterization of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, South Korea, 2018 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2019 VL - 25 IS - 5 SP - 958 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We evaluated genetic variation in Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) imported to South Korea in 2018 using specimens from a patient and isolates from infected Caco-2 cells. The MERS-CoV strain in this study was genetically similar to a strain isolated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2017. KW - Middle East respiratory syndrome KW - coronavirus KW - Caco-2 cells KW - throat swab KW - sputum KW - S gene KW - spike gene KW - viruses KW - South Korea KW - MERS DO - 10.3201/eid2505.181534 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/25/5/18-1534_article ER - End of Reference