Nasal swabs that were collected from the patient
on hospital days 1, 4, 14, and 16 were all positive
for MERS-CoV upE, ORF1a, and ORF1b regions on
real-time RT-PCR (Table 1). The first nasal sample
collected from one camel (Camel B) was also positive
for the three regions (Table 1). The second
sample collected from this camel 28 days later
was negative. Nasal samples that were collected
from the other camels on day 1 (seven camels)
and on day 28 (eight camels) were negative for
MERS-CoV RNA (Table 1). The milk, urine, and
rectal samples collected from all camels were
negative for MERS-CoV RNA. The nasal sample
collected from the patient’s daughter, who had
symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection,
was negative for MERS-CoV and H1N1 influenza
virus RNA.