Les frottis nasaux (entre autres…) de dromadaires qataris le confirment #MERS-CoV est bien commun aux chameaux et aux humains. Mais on ne sait pas dans quel sens ça passe, ni même s’il y a une autre origine.
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in dromedary camels : an outbreak investigation : The Lancet Infectious Diseases
▻http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(13)70690-X/fulltext
Our study provides virological confirmation of MERS-CoV in camels and suggests a recent outbreak affecting both human beings and camels. We cannot conclude whether the people on the farm were infected by the camels or vice versa, or if a third source was responsible.