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| Title |
Spread, Circulation, and Evolution of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
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| Published in |
mBio, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1128/mbio.01062-13 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Matthew Cotten, Simon J. Watson, Alimuddin I. Zumla, Hatem Q. Makhdoom, Anne L. Palser, Swee Hoe Ong, Abdullah A. Al Rabeeah, Rafat F. Alhakeem, Abdullah Assiri, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq, Ali Albarrak, Mazin Barry, Atef Shibl, Fahad A. Alrabiah, Sami Hajjar, Hanan H. Balkhy, Hesham Flemban, Andrew Rambaut, Paul Kellam, Ziad A. Memish |
| Abstract |
The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was first documented in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in 2012 and, to date, has been identified in 180 cases with 43% mortality. In this study, we have determined the MERS-CoV evolutionary rate, documented genetic variants of the virus and their distribution throughout the Arabian peninsula, and identified the genome positions under positive selection, important features for monitoring adaptation of MERS-CoV to human transmission and for identifying the source of infections. Respiratory samples from confirmed KSA MERS cases from May to September 2013 were subjected to whole-genome deep sequencing, and 32 complete or partial sequences (20 were ≥ 99% complete, 7 were 50 to 94% complete, and 5 were 27 to 50% complete) were obtained, bringing the total available MERS-CoV genomic sequences to 65. An evolutionary rate of 1.12 × 10(-3) substitutions per site per year (95% credible interval [95% CI], 8.76 × 10(-4); 1.37 × 10(-3)) was estimated, bringing the time to most recent common ancestor to March 2012 (95% CI, December 2011; June 2012). Only one MERS-CoV codon, spike 1020, located in a domain required for cell entry, is under strong positive selection. Four KSA MERS-CoV phylogenetic clades were found, with 3 clades apparently no longer contributing to current cases. The size of the population infected with MERS-CoV showed a gradual increase to June 2013, followed by a decline, possibly due to increased surveillance and infection control measures combined with a basic reproduction number (R0) for the virus that is less than 1. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 37% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 7% |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 7% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 11 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 26 | 87% |
| Scientists | 2 | 7% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 257 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 249 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 46 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 40 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 39 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 11% |
| Other | 17 | 7% |
| Other | 42 | 16% |
| Unknown | 44 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 57 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 16% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 32 | 12% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 19 | 7% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 10 | 4% |
| Other | 45 | 18% |
| Unknown | 52 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 51. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 January 2023.
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#829,498
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#613
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#7,951
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#14
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