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High proportion of MERS-CoV shedding dromedaries at slaughterhouse with a potential epidemiological link to human cases, Qatar 2014

Elmoubasher A. B. A. FaragSupreme Council of HealthDoha, Qatar
, MPH,
Chantal B. E. M. ReuskenDepartment of ViroscienceErasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
, PhD,
Bart L. HaagmansSupreme Council of HealthDoha, Qatar
, PhD,
Khaled A. MohranAnimal Resources Department-Ministry of EnvironmentDoha, Qatar
, PhD,
V. Stalin RajDepartment of ViroscienceErasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
, PhD,
Suzan D. PasDepartment of ViroscienceErasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
, Msc,
Jolanda VoermansDepartment of ViroscienceErasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
, Bsc,
Saskia L. SmitsDepartment of ViroscienceErasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
, PhD,
Gert-Jan GodekeCenter for Infectious Disease ControlNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
, Bsc,
Mohd. M. Al-HajriSupreme Council of HealthDoha, QatarCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
, ABCM,
Farhoud H. AlhajriAnimal Resources Department-Ministry of EnvironmentDoha, Qatar
, Bsc,
Hamad E. Al-RomaihiSupreme Council of HealthDoha, Qatar
, ABCM,
Hazem GhobashyAnimal Resources Department-Ministry of EnvironmentDoha, Qatar
, PhD,
Mamdouh M. El-MaghrabyAnimal Resources Department-Ministry of EnvironmentDoha, Qatar
, PhD,
Ahmed M. El-SayedSupreme Council of HealthDoha, Qatar
, ABCM,
Mohamed H. J. Al ThaniSupreme Council of HealthDoha, Qatar
, ABCM,
Salih Al-MarriSupreme Council of HealthDoha, Qatar
, ABFM &
Marion P. G. KoopmansDepartment of ViroscienceErasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;Center for Infectious Disease ControlNational Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
, Prof, PhD show all
Article: 28305 | Received 21 Apr 2015, Accepted 22 Jun 2015, Published online: 15 Jul 2015

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