Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Bats, Saudi Arabia

Ziad A. Memish(Ministry of Health), Nischay Mishra(Ministry of Health), Kevin J. Olival(Ministry of Health), Shamsudeen F. Fagbo(Ministry of Health), Vishal Kapoor(University of Bisha), Jonathan H. Epstein(University of Bisha), Rafat F. Alhakeem(Columbia University), Abdulkareem Durosinloun, Mushabab Al Asmari(Ministry of Health), Ariful Islam(Ministry of Health), Amit Kapoor(Ministry of Health), Thomas Briese(University of Bisha), Peter Daszak(University of Bisha), Abdullah A. Al Rabeeah(Ministry of Health), W. Ian Lipkin(University of Bisha)
Emerging infectious diseases
August 21, 2013
10.3201/eid1911.131172
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Abstract

The source of human infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus remains unknown. Molecular investigation indicated that bats in Saudi Arabia are infected with several alphacoronaviruses and betacoronaviruses. Virus from 1 bat showed 100% nucleotide identity to virus from the human index case-patient. Bats might play a role in human infection.

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