Neutralizing the MERS coronavirus threat.

Sci Transl Med

Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, 3000 CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Published: May 2014

Human neutralizing monoclonal antibodies are candidates for prophylactic and therapeutic interventions against Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection.

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