The Mers-Cov syndrome mentioned previously has been allocated to an animal, possibly. We've had Bird Flu, Swine Flu, Badger TB, Mad Cow Disease, Tax Flu (SARS), and now, camels, after being left out in the desert for so long, have been invited to join the animal party. Researchers have tested camels, goats, cows, and sheep. They have found evidence that all Omani Camels tested had antibodies to the Mers-Cov, although only 14% of Spanish Camels tested positive. European sheep, goats and cattle, and other camelids tested negative. Despite their camels testing 100% positive, the people of Oman have not yet had the decency to produce even one human victim - no Mers-Cov cases have occurred in Oman. The researchers said: "We did find antibodies that we think are specific for the Mers coronavirus or a virus that looks very similar to the Mers coronavirus in dromedary camels (Professor Marion Koopmans, from the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment and Erasmus University in The Netherlands). With this degree of certainty, Camel Flu is set to become popular for a while, especially among vaccine manufacturers, who have, until recently, been spending their time disposing of large stocks of vaccines unused during the previous animal flu non-epidemics.
Read more: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(13)70164-6/abstract
Read more: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(13)70164-6/abstract
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