Table 1. Dromedary herd 1: specimens collected and MERS-CoV RT-PCR and screening antibody test results.
| October 2014 | November 2014 | January 2015 | February 2015 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RT-PCR positive | Antibody positivea | RT-PCR positive | Antibody positive | RT-PCR positive | Antibody positive | RT-PCR positive | Antibody positive | |
| No. of animals tested | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
| Sex | F=7; M=1 | F=7; M=2 | F=11; M=4 | F=10; M=3 | ||||
| Age (years) | 2, 5, 9, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14 | 0.7,0.8, 0.8, 3, 4, 4, 4, 8, 8 | 0.3, 0.5, 1.5, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14 | 1, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 13 | ||||
| No. of positive | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 12 |
| % Positive | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 |
a
MERS-CoV antibody positive at a screening dilution of 1:20.