Authors: Memish, Ziad A., Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A., Makhdoom, Hatem Q., Assiri, Abdullah, Alhakeem, Raafat F., Albarrak, Ali, Alsubaie, Sarah, Al-Rabeeah, Abdullah A., Hajomar, Waleed H., Hussain, Raheela, Kheyami, Ali M., Almutairi, Azhar, Esam I., Drosten, Christian, Watson, Simon J., Kellam, Paul, Cotten, Matthew, Zumla, Alimuddin
Venue: Journal of Infectious Diseases
Type: Publication
Abstract: Abstract Background. Analysis of clinical samples from patients with new viral infections is critical to confirm the diagnosis, to specify the viral load, and to sequence data necessary for characterizing the viral kinetics, transmission, and evolution. We analyzed samples from 112 patients infected with the recently discovered Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). Methods. Respiratory tract samples from cases of MERS-CoV infection confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were investigated to determine the MERS-CoV load a...
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Topics: 
Virology
Pathology
Immunology
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