Countrywide Survey for MERS-Coronavirus Antibodies in Dromedaries and Humans in Pakistan.

Abstract:

:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a zoonotic pathogen capable of causing severe respiratory disease in humans. Although dromedary camels are considered as a major reservoir host, the MERS-CoV infection dynamics in camels are not fully understood. Through surveillance in Pakistan, nasal (n = 776) and serum (n = 1050) samples were collected from camels between November 2015 and February 2018. Samples were collected from animal markets, free-roaming herds and abattoirs. An in-house ELISA was developed to detect IgG against MERS-CoV. A total of 794 camels were found seropositive for MERS-CoV. Prevalence increased with the age and the highest seroprevalence was recorded in camels aged > 10 years (81.37%) followed by those aged 3.1-10 years (78.65%) and ≤ 3 years (58.19%). Higher prevalence was observed in female (78.13%) as compared to male (70.70%). Of the camel nasal swabs, 22 were found to be positive by RT-qPCR though with high Ct values. Moreover, 2,409 human serum samples were also collected from four provinces of Pakistan during 2016-2017. Among the sampled population, 840 humans were camel herders. Although we found a high rate of MERS-CoV antibody positive dromedaries (75.62%) in Pakistan, no neutralizing antibodies were detected in humans with and without contact to camels.

journal_name

Virol Sin

journal_title

Virologica Sinica

authors

Zohaib A,Saqib M,Athar MA,Chen J,Sial AU,Khan S,Taj Z,Sadia H,Tahir U,Tayyab MH,Qureshi MA,Mansoor MK,Naeem MA,Hu BJ,Khan BA,Ujjan ID,Li B,Zhang W,Luo Y,Zhu Y,Waruhiu C,Khan I,Yang XL,Sajid MS,Corman VM,

doi

10.1007/s12250-018-0051-0

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-10-01 00:00:00

pages

410-417

issue

5

eissn

1674-0769

issn

1995-820X

pii

10.1007/s12250-018-0051-0

journal_volume

33

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