Genetic Characterization of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, South Korea, 2018

Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 May;25(5):958-962. doi: 10.3201/eid2505.181534. Epub 2019 May 17.

Abstract

We evaluated genetic variation in Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) imported to South Korea in 2018 using specimens from a patient and isolates from infected Caco-2 cells. The MERS-CoV strain in this study was genetically similar to a strain isolated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in 2017.

Keywords: Caco-2 cells; Middle East respiratory syndrome; S gene; South Korea; coronavirus; spike gene; sputum; throat swab; viruses.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Line
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / history
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology*
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / classification*
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / genetics*
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / isolation & purification
  • Phylogeny
  • Republic of Korea / epidemiology
  • Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus / genetics

Substances

  • Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus