ArticleTransboundary and emerging diseases2020
Detection of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in dromedary camel's seminal plasma in Saudi Arabia 2015-2017.
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- Analyzing the roles of some species of arthropods in the transmission of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus.Veterinary medicine and science · 2022Article
- Exploring the potential roles of some rodents in the transmission of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus.Journal of medical virology · 2021Article
- Risk Factors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection among Camel Populations, Southern Jordan, 2014-2018.Emerging infectious diseases · 2021Article
- The next-generation coronavirus diagnostic techniques with particular emphasis on the SARS-CoV-2.Journal of medical virology · 2021Review
- Scanning Electron Microscopic Findings on Respiratory Organs of Some Naturally Infected Dromedary Camels with the Lineage-B of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia-2018.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- SARS-COV-2 (Covid-19) and male fertility: Where are we?Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) · 2021Review
- Some pathological observations on the naturally infected dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) with the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Saudi Arabia 2018-2019.The veterinary quarterly · 2020Article
- Detection of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in dromedary camel's seminal plasma in Saudi Arabia 2015-2017.Transboundary and emerging diseases · 2020Article
- Management of Immunity Alteration-Induced Chronic Pain During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.Frontiers in microbiology · 2020Article
- Viral infections and implications for male reproductive health.Asian journal of andrologyArticle
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Abstract
The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is an emergent respiratory virus. Dromedary camels are currently the only known reservoir of MERS-CoV and are capable of transmitting the virus within a herd. The role of semen in the transmission of MERS-CoV has never been investigated as yet, to the best of our knowledge. Our goal was to test semen collected from dromedary camels for MERS-CoV. A total of 67 seminal plasma samples from infertile and 13 from fertile dromedary camels were collected. The RNA was extracted from the samples and tested using commercial real-time PCR. Nine out of sixty-seven infertile animals (13.4%) were positive. The obtained PCR products were sequenced using the conserved MERS-CoV-N gene primers. MERS-CoV-RNA detected in seminal plasma was closely related to the lineage B. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report about the detection of MERS-CoV-RNA in camel's seminal plasma. Regular testing of semen of common male camels' used for insemination should be considered to avoid a possible spread of the virus through semen.
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