A novel luciferase immunosorbent assay performs better than a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect MERS-CoV specific IgG in humans and animals

• Main Authors: Wenling Wang (Author), Tianyu Wang (Author), Yao Deng (Author), Peihua Niu (Author), Ruhan A (Author), Jincun Zhao (Author), Malik Peiris (Author), Shixing Tang (Author), Wenjie Tan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a lethal zoonosis caused by MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and poses a significant threat to public health worldwide. Therefore, a rapid, sensitive, and specific serologic test for detecting anti-MERS-CoV antibodies in both humans and animals is urgently n...