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Erik Lattwein
Publications - 38
Citations - 2988
Erik Lattwein is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus & Coronavirus. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 36 publications receiving 2687 citations.
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Assays for laboratory confirmation of novel human coronavirus (hCoV-EMC) infections.
Victor M. Corman,Marcel A. Müller,Ulrich Costabel,Jörg Timm,Tabea Binger,Bernhard Meyer,Petra Kreher,Erik Lattwein,Monika Eschbach-Bludau,Andreas Nitsche,Tobias Bleicker,Olfert Landt,Brunhilde Schweiger,Jan Felix Drexler,Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus,Bart L. Haagmans,Ulf Dittmer,F. Bonin,Thorsten Wolff,Christian Drosten +19 more
TL;DR: A rigorously validated and highly sensitive confirmatory real-time RT-PCR assay (1A assay) that can be used in combination with the previously reported upE assay is presented.
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Transmission of MERS-Coronavirus in Household Contacts
Christian Drosten,Benjamin Meyer,Marcel A. Müller,Victor M. Corman,Malak Almasri,Raheela Hossain,Hosam Madani,Andrea Sieberg,Berend Jan Bosch,Erik Lattwein,Raafat F. Alhakeem,Abdullah M. Assiri,Waleed H. Hajomar,Ali Albarrak,Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq,Alimuddin Zumla,Ziad A. Memish +16 more
TL;DR: The rate of secondary transmission among household contacts of patients with MERS-CoV infection has been approximately 5%, and the data provide insight into the rate of subclinical transmission of MSPS coronavirus in the home.
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Viral Shedding and Antibody Response in 37 Patients With Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection.
Victor M. Corman,Ali Albarrak,Ali S. Omrani,Mohammed M. Albarrak,Mohamed Elamin Farah,Malak Almasri,Doreen Muth,Andrea Sieberg,Benjamin Meyer,Abdullah M. Assiri,Tabea Binger,Katja Steinhagen,Erik Lattwein,Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq,Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq,Marcel A. Müller,Christian Drosten,Ziad A. Memish +17 more
TL;DR: In a study of viral load, shedding, and immune response in 37 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection, virus was not eliminated upon development of neutralizing serum antibodies.
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Antibodies against MERS coronavirus in dromedary camels, United Arab Emirates, 2003 and 2013.
Benjamin Meyer,Marcel A. Müller,Victor M. Corman,Chantal B.E.M. Reusken,Daniel Ritz,Gert-Jan Godeke,Erik Lattwein,Stephan Kallies,Artem Siemens,Janko van Beek,Jan Felix Drexler,Doreen Muth,Berend Jan Bosch,Ulrich Wernery,Marion Koopmans,Renate Wernery,Christian Drosten +16 more
TL;DR: Camels were infected with this virus >10 years before the first human cases, according to a study published in the journal PLOS One.
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Presence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus antibodies in Saudi Arabia: a nationwide, cross-sectional, serological study
Marcel A. Müller,Benjamin Meyer,Victor M. Corman,Malak Almasri,Abdulhafeez Turkestani,Daniel Ritz,Andrea Sieberg,Souhaib Aldabbagh,Berend J. Bosch,Erik Lattwein,Raafat F. Alhakeem,Abdullah M. Assiri,Ali Albarrak,Ali M. Al-Shangiti,Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq,Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq,Paul S. Wikramaratna,A.A. Al-Rabeeah,Christian Drosten,Ziad A. Memish +19 more
TL;DR: A nationwide serosurvey in Saudi Arabia to establish the prevalence of MERS-CoV antibodies, both in the general population and in populations of individuals who have maximum exposure to camels found that antibody prevalence was significantly higher in camel-exposed individuals than in thegeneral population.