National Post | MERS coronavirus antibodies traced to camels in the Middle East, northwest Africa National Post Koopmans and colleagues found antibodies to MERS or a closely related coronavirus in the blood of camels from Oman on the Arabian Peninsula and also on the Canary Islands, an archipelago off northwestern Africa which is part of Spain. The fact that ... MERS antibodies identified in camels Camels linked to Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus Researchers find antibodies specific to MERS-CoV in dromedary camels |