The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a highly lethal pulmonary infection. Sera from MERS convalescent patients may provide some benefit but is not readily available. In contrast, nearly all camels in the Middle East were previously infected with MERS-CoV. Here, we show that sera obtained from MERS immune camels augment the kinetics of MERS-CoV clearance, and reduce the severity of pathological changes in infected lungs, with efficacy proportional to MERS-CoV neutralizing serum antibody titers.
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