Table 3. Dromedary herd 2: specimens collected and summary results of MERS-CoV RT-PCR, antibody screening and rising antibody titers.

	September 2014		October 2014		November 2015		January 2015		February–March 2015		May 2015
	RT-PCR	Antibody positive or rising antibody titersa	RT-PCR	Antibody positive or rising antibody titersa	RT-PCR	Antibody positive or rising antibody titersa	RT-PCR	Antibody positive or rising antibody titersa	RT-PCR	Antibody positive or rising antibody titersa	RT-PCR	Antibody positive or rising antibody titersa
No. of animals tested	10	8	25	34	26	26	45	43	21	24	51	44
No. of RNA positive	0	NR	0	NR	3	NR	0	NR	0	NR	0	NR
No. of sero positive	NR	8	NR	34	NR	26	NR	43	NR	24	NR	44
No. of rise in antibody titers	NR	NR	NR	1	NR	0	NR	1	NR	0	NR	1

Abbreviation: not relevant, NR.

^aMERS-CoV antibody positive at a screening dilution of 1:20; fourfold rise in antibody titer.