Mahmoud Shehata

TL;DR: The newly developed ppNT assay does not require Biosafety Level 3 containment and is thus a relatively high-throughput assay, well suited for large-scale seroepidemiology studies which are needed to better understand the ecology and epidemiology of MERS-CoV.

TL;DR: The near-full-genome sequence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is identified from a nasal swab specimen from a dromedary camel in Egypt and it is found that viruses genetically very similar to human MERS- coV are infecting dromingaries beyond the Arabian Peninsula.

TL;DR: It is shown that Azithromycin can selectively impair SARS-CoV-2 replication, but not the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS- coV), and the results suggest that Piroxicam should be prescribed in combination with Azathromycin for COVID-19 patients.

TL;DR: Genetic and antigenic analyses of viruses revealed that influenza A(H5N1) clade 2.2.1 viruses are dominant and that all subtype H9N2 viruses are G1-like, which poses concern for potential reassortment.

TL;DR: The hypothesis that camels are a reservoir for MERS-CoV and that camel trade is an important route of introducing the virus into importing countries is supported and findings related to waning antibodies and re-infection have implications for camel vaccine development, disease management and zoonotic threat.