Deletion Variants of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus from Humans, Jordan, 2015

Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Apr;22(4):716-9. doi: 10.3201/eid2204.152065.

Abstract

We characterized Middle East respiratory syndrome coronaviruses from a hospital outbreak in Jordan in 2015. The viruses from Jordan were highly similar to isolates from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, except for deletions in open reading frames 4a and 3. Transmissibility and pathogenicity of this strain remains to be determined.

Keywords: Jordan; MERS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; ORF3; ORF4a; coronaviruses; deletion variant; open reading frame; respiratory infections; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Base Sequence*
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / pathology
  • Coronavirus Infections / virology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Jordan / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / classification
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / genetics*
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / pathogenicity
  • Open Reading Frames
  • Phylogeny
  • RNA, Viral / genetics*
  • Saudi Arabia / epidemiology
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Sequence Deletion*
  • Viral Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • RNA, Viral
  • Viral Proteins