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Title: | In-vitro renal epithelial cell infection reveals a viral kidney tropism as a potential mechanism for acute renal failure during In-Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Coronavirus infection |
Authors: | Eckerle, Isabella Müller, Marcel A Drosten, Christian Kallies, Stephan Gotthardt, Daniel N |
Keywords: | Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Acute renal failure Human Coronavirus Renal epithelial cells Dipeptidyl-peptidase-4 , Angiotensin-converting- enzyme-2 |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
Publisher: | Virology Journal |
Citation: | Virology Journal 2013,10-359 |
Abstract: | The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) causes symptoms similar to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (SARS-CoV), yet involving an additional component of acute renal failure (ARF) according to several published case reports. Impairment of the kidney is not typically seen in Coronavirus infections. The role of kidne |
Description: | Article published in Virology Journal 2013,10-359 Also available at www.virologyj.com/content/10/i/359 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/6727 |
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