Host: Vincent Racaniello

Guests: W. Ian Lipkin and Thomas Briese

Vincent meets up with Ian and Thomas to discuss their finding that MERS-coronavirus has been circulating in dromedary camels in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since at least 1992.

Links for this episode * MERS-CoV in dromedary camels (mBio) * TWiV 251: Don't kiss the camel * TWiV 247: Today's weather in virology * TWiV 239: Filterable camels

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