Infectious MERS-CoV Isolated From a Mildly Ill Patient, Saudi Arabia. (15th May 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Al-Abdely, Hail M; Midgley, Claire M; Alkhamis, Abdulrahim M; Abedi, Glen R; Tamin, Azaibi; Binder, Alison M; Alanazi, Khalid; Lu, Xiaoyan; Abdalla, Osman; Sakthivel, Senthilkumar K; Mohammed, Mutaz; Queen, Krista; Algarni, Homoud S; Li, Yan; Trivedi, Suvang; Algwizani, Abdullah; Alhakeem, Raafat F; Thornburg, Natalie J; Tong, Suxiang; Ghazal, Sameeh S; Erdman, Dean D; Assiri, Abdullah M; Gerber, Susan I; Watson, John T
• Is Part Of: Open forum infectious diseases. Volume 5:Number 6(2018)
• Publication Date: 2018-05-15
• Subjects: asymptomatic -- MERS -- mild -- prolonged detection -- virus isolation; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9
• DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy111
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2328-8957

Abstract

Abstract: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is associated with a wide range of clinical presentations, from asymptomatic or mildly ill to severe respiratory illness including death. We describe isolation of infectious MERS-CoV from the upper respiratory tract of a mildly ill 27-year-old female in Saudi Arabia 15 days after illness onset.