Extended Viral Shedding of MERS-CoV Clade B Virus in Llamas Compared with African Clade C Strain

Jordi Rodon; Anna Z Mykytyn; Nigeer Te; Nisreen M A Okba; Mart M Lamers; Lola Pailler-García; Guillermo Cantero; Irina Albulescu; Berend-Jan Bosch; Malik Peiris; Albert Bensaid; Júlia Vergara-Alert; Bart L Haagmans; Joaquim Segalés

doi:10.3201/eid2903.220986

Extended Viral Shedding of MERS-CoV Clade B Virus in Llamas Compared with African Clade C Strain

Jordi Rodon
, Anna Z Mykytyn
, Nigeer Te
, Nisreen M A Okba
, Mart M Lamers
, Lola Pailler-García
, Guillermo Cantero
, Irina Albulescu
, Berend-Jan Bosch
, Malik Peiris
, Albert Bensaid
, Júlia Vergara-Alert
, Bart L Haagmans
, Joaquim Segalés

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Abstract

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) clade B viruses are found in camelids and humans in the Middle East, but clade C viruses are not. We provide experimental evidence for extended shedding of MERS-CoV clade B viruses in llamas, which might explain why they outcompete clade C strains in the Arabian Peninsula.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	585-589
Number of pages	5
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	29
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2903.220986
Publication status	Published - Mar 2023

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Funding Information:
This study was performed as part of the Zoonotic Anticipation and Preparedness Initiative (ZAPI project) (Innovative Medicines initiative [IMI] grant 115760), with assistance and financial support from IMI and the European Commission and contributions from EFPIA partners. J.R. was partially supported by the VetBioNet project (EU Grant Agreement INFRA-2016-1 Nº731014) and the crowdfunding initiative #Yomecorono, available online at https://www.yomecorono.com (accessed on June 16, 2022). IRTA is supported by CERCA Programme/ Generalitat de Catalunya.

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© 2023 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All rights reserved.

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Keywords

Animals
Humans
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Camelids, New World
Herpesvirus 1, Cercopithecine
Coronavirus Infections
Virus Shedding
Camelus
Dromedary camels
Respiratory syndrome coronavirus

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Rodon, J., Mykytyn, A. Z., Te, N., Okba, N. M. A., Lamers, M. M., Pailler-García, L., Cantero, G., Albulescu, I., Bosch, B.-J., Peiris, M., Bensaid, A., Vergara-Alert, J., Haagmans, B. L., & Segalés, J. (2023). Extended Viral Shedding of MERS-CoV Clade B Virus in Llamas Compared with African Clade C Strain. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 29(3), 585-589. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2903.220986

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