Co-circulation of three camel coronavirus species and recombination of MERS-CoVs in Saudi Arabia | Zendy

Jamal S. M. Sabir | Zendy; Tommy TsanYuk Lam | Zendy; M Ahmed | Zendy; Lifeng Li | Zendy; Yongyi Shen | Zendy; Salah E. M. AboAba | Zendy; Muhammd I. Qureshi | Zendy; Mohamed Abu-Zeid | Zendy; Yu Zhang | Zendy; Mohammad A. Khiyami | Zendy; Njud S. Alharbi | Zendy; Nahid H. Hajrah | Zendy; Meshaal J. Sabir | Zendy; Mohammed Mutwakil | Zendy; Saleh A. Kabli | Zendy; Faten A. S. Alsulaimany | Zendy; Abdullah Y. Obaid | Zendy; Boping Zhou | Zendy; David K. Smith | Zendy; Edward C. Holmes | Zendy; Huachen Zhu | Zendy; Yi Guan | Zendy

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Co-circulation of three camel coronavirus species and recombination of MERS-CoVs in Saudi Arabia

Author(s) -

Jamal S. M. Sabir,

Tommy TsanYuk Lam,

M Ahmed,

Lifeng Li,

Yongyi Shen,

Salah E. M. AboAba,

Muhammd I. Qureshi,

Mohamed Abu-Zeid,

Yu Zhang,

Mohammad A. Khiyami,

Njud S. Alharbi,

Nahid H. Hajrah,

Meshaal J. Sabir,

Mohammed Mutwakil,

Saleh A. Kabli,

Faten A. S. Alsulaimany,

Abdullah Y. Obaid,

Boping Zhou,

David K. Smith,

Edward C. Holmes,

Huachen Zhu,

Yi Guan

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556

H-Index - 1186

eISSN - 1095-9203

pISSN - 0036-8075

DOI - 10.1126/science.aac8608

Subject(s) - middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus , coronavirus , biology , middle east respiratory syndrome , virology , transmission (telecommunications) , coronavirus infections , virus , immunity , covid-19 , novel virus , zoology , immunology , medicine , immune system , disease , gene , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biochemistry , genome , electrical engineering , engineering

Outbreaks of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) raise questions about the prevalence and evolution of the MERS coronavirus (CoV) in its animal reservoir. Our surveillance in Saudi Arabia in 2014 and 2015 showed that viruses of the MERS-CoV species and a human CoV 229E-related lineage co-circulated at high prevalence, with frequent co-infections in the upper respiratory tract of dromedary camels. viruses of the betacoronavirus 1 species, we found that dromedary camels share three CoV species with humans. Several MERS-CoV lineages were present in camels, including a recombinant lineage that has been dominant since December 2014 and that subsequently led to the human outbreaks in 2015. Camels therefore serve as an important reservoir for the maintenance and diversification of the MERS-CoVs and are the source of human infections with this virus.

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