Saudi study strengthens case against camels in MERS outbreak

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Saudi study strengthens case against camels in MERS outbreak

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-study-strengthens-case-against-camels-mers-outbreak-210325178.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kZthhl9fTSk6st5qs9uSgg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-06-04T210325Z_1_LYNXMPEA530X7_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-SAUDI-CAMELS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man wearing a mask looks on as he stands in front of camels at a camel market in the village of al-Thamama near Riyadh" align="left" title="A man wearing a mask looks on as he stands in front of camels at a camel market in the village of al-Thamama near Riyadh" border="0" /></a>By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - A Saudi man who became infected with and died of the new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus contracted the disease from a camel in his own herd which was also sick, scientists said on Wednesday. MERS, also known as MERS-CoV, has infected 691 people and killed at least 284 of them in Saudi Arabia alone since it first emerged in 2012. Documenting the case of a 44-year-old previously healthy Saudi man who died of MERS on November 18, 2013, Saudi scientists led by Tariq Madani said their analysis suggested a so-called zoonotic event - when a virus circulating in animals makes a jump into the human population. Genetic analysis of samples taken from the victim and from the camel in question - a one-humped or dromedary camel in a herd of nine owned by the patient - suggested the virus had passed directly from the animal to the man, they concluded.</p><br clear="all"/>

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