Columbia researchers extract live MERS coronavirus from Dromedary camels
NEWS RELEASE April 29, 2014—There is new, more definitive evidence implicating camels in the ongoing outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS. Scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity More...
MERS coronavirus found in bat near site of first Saudi Arabia case, genetically identical to virus found in that case
Just a couple of weeks after Netherlands scientists have found antibodies to the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in some Dromedary camels, investigators from the Center for Infection More...
Joint Research Laboratory for Pathogen Discovery to open in Beijing
The Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health (CII) and the National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention (NIVDC) within the Chinese Center for More...