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Volume 27, Number 12—December 2021
Research

Surface‒Aerosol Stability and Pathogenicity of Diverse Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Strains, 2012‒2018

Neeltje van Doremalen1, Michael Letko1Comments to Author , Robert J. Fischer, Trenton Bushmaker, Jonathan Schulz, Claude K. Yinda, Stephanie N. Seifert, Nam Joong Kim, Maged G. Hemida, Ghazi Kayali, Wan Beom Park, Ranawaka A.P.M. Perera, Azaibi Tamin, Natalie J. Thornburg, Suxiang Tong, Krista Queen, Maria D. van Kerkhove, Young Ki Choi, Myoung-don Oh, Abdullah M. Assiri, Malik Peiris, Susan I. Gerber, and Vincent J. MunsterComments to Author 
Author affiliations: National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, USA (N. van Doremalen, M. Letko, R.J. Fischer, T. Bushmaker, J. Schulz, C.K. Yinda, S.N. Seifert, V.J. Munster); Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA (M. Leitko, S.N. Seifert); Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea (N.J. Kim, W.B. Park, M.-d. Oh); King Faisal University, Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia (M.G. Hemida); Kafrelsheikh University, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt (M.G. Hemida); University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas, USA (G. Kayali); University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (R.A.P.M. Perera, M. Peiris); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (A. Tamin, N.J. Thornburg, S. Tong, K. Queen, S.I. Gerber); World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland (M.D. van Kerkhove); Chungbuk National University, Cheongju City, South Korea (Y.K. Choi); Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (A.M. Assiri)

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Figure 1

Phylogenetic tree of 446 full Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) genomes showing distribution of human-derived (red) and camel-derived (blue) isolates. The tree was constructed with PhyML (https://www.atgc-montpellier.fr) and rooted at the midpoint. Strain EMC/12 was obtained from Erasmus Medical Center (Rotterdam, the Netherlands); U/14, KSA/15, and KSA/18 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, GA, USA); SK/15 from Chungbuk National University (Cheongju, South Korea); and C/KSA/13, C/E/13, and C/BF/15 from Hong Kong University (Hong Kong, China). Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site. KSA, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Figure 1. Phylogenetic tree of 446 full Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) genomes showing distribution of human-derived (red) and camel-derived (blue) isolates. The tree was constructed with PhyML (https://www.atgc-montpellier.fr) and rooted at the midpoint. Strain EMC/12 was obtained from Erasmus Medical Center (Rotterdam, the Netherlands); U/14, KSA/15, and KSA/18 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Atlanta, GA, USA); SK/15 from Chungbuk National University (Cheongju, South Korea); and C/KSA/13, C/E/13, and C/BF/15 from Hong Kong University (Hong Kong, China). Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site. KSA, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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