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Camel may be MERS virus host: study Aug 8th 2013, 22:39 PARIS – Researchers on Friday pointed to the Arabian camel as a possible host of the deadly human MERS virus plaguing the Middle East.   The exact origins of the virus is a riddle scientists have been working hard to solve in a bid to halt its spread, especially in the lead-up to the annual hajj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia in October.   Now an international team says blood tests were positive for antibodies in camels from Oman, meaning they had at some point been infected with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV), or a closely-related virus.   The findings suggest that Arabian or dromedary camels "may be one reservoir of the virus ... Keep on reading: Camel may be MERS virus host: study Media files: MERS-virus-saudi-arabia.jpg (image/jpeg)

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