id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-324978-9qfhsj3n Alagaili, Abdulaziz N. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection in Dromedary Camels in Saudi Arabia 2014-02-25 .txt text/plain 3565 165 53 The presence of viral nucleic acids in rectal and nasal swabs and a subset of serum and whole blood samples was assayed by reverse transcriptionquantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) with primers targeting the upE and ORF1a genome regions of MERS-CoV (16, 17) . Rectal and nasal swabs collected in parallel with serum samples from the same animals were assayed for MERS-CoV nucleic acids by RT-qPCR. PCR analysis of a random selection of serum and whole blood samples collected from nasal or rectal swab PCR-positive, seropositive, and seronegative DC revealed no evidence of viremia (see Table S1 in the supplemental material). Definitive evidence that DC can be infected with MERS-CoV was obtained when viral sequences were detected in nasal swabs from DC sampled in close proximity to outbreaks of the disease among humans in Qatar (11) and Jeddah, KSA (10) . ./cache/cord-324978-9qfhsj3n.txt ./txt/cord-324978-9qfhsj3n.txt