Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) serology in major livestock species in an affected region in Jordan, June to September 2013

C B Reusken; M Ababneh; V S Raj; B Meyer; A Eljarah; S Abutarbush; G J Godeke; T M Bestebroer; I Zutt; M A Müller; B J Bosch; P J Rottier; A D Osterhaus; C Drosten; B L Haagmans; M P Koopmans

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.50.20662

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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) serology in major livestock species in an affected region in Jordan, June to September 2013
C B Reusken^1,2,3 , M Ababneh^1,4 , V S Raj^1,3 , B Meyer⁵ , A Eljarah⁶ , S Abutarbush⁶ , G J Godeke² , T M Bestebroer³ , I Zutt² , M A Müller⁵ , B J Bosch⁷ , P J Rottier⁷ , A D Osterhaus³ , C Drosten⁵ , B L Haagmans³ , M P Koopmans^2,3
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Affiliations: ¹ These authors contributed equally to this work ² Centre for Infectious Disease Control, Division Virology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands ³ Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands ⁴ Department of Veterinary Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan ⁵ Institute of Virology, University of Bonn Medical Centre, Bonn, Germany ⁶ Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan ⁷ Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Virology Division, Utrecht University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht, the Netherlands

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Citation style for this article: Reusken C B, Ababneh M, Raj V S, Meyer B, Eljarah A, Abutarbush S, Godeke G J, Bestebroer T M, Zutt I, Müller M A, Bosch B J, Rottier P J, Osterhaus A D, Drosten C, Haagmans B L, Koopmans M P. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) serology in major livestock species in an affected region in Jordan, June to September 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(50):pii=20662. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.50.20662 Received: 04 Dec 2013

Abstract

Between June and September 2013, sera from 11 dromedary camels, 150 goats, 126 sheep and 91 cows were collected in Jordan, where the first human Middle-East respiratory syndrome (MERS) cluster appeared in 2012. All sera were tested for MERS-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) specific antibodies by protein microarray with confirmation by virus neutralisation. Neutralising antibodies were found in all camel sera while sera from goats and cattle tested negative. Although six sheep sera reacted with MERS-CoV antigen, neutralising antibodies were not detected.