Rev. Sci. Tech. Off. Int. Epiz., 2016, 35 (3), ... - ... No. 14122016-00092-EN 1/13 Sample of choice for detecting Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in asymptomatic dromedary camels using real-time reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction This paper (No. 14122016-00092-EN) has been peer-reviewed, accepted, edited, and corrected by authors. It has not yet been formatted for printing. It will be published in December 2016 in issue 35 (3) of the Scientific and Technical Review K.A. Mohran (1, 6)* , E.A.B.A. Farag (2) , C.B.E.M. Reusken (3) , V.S. Raj (3) , M.M. Lamers (3) , S.D. Pas (3) , J. Voermans (3) , S.L. Smits (3) , M.M. AlHajri (2) , F. Alhajri (1) , H.E. Al-Romaihi (2) , H. Ghobashy (1) , M.M. El-Maghraby (1) , S.H.S. Al Dhahiry (4) , N. Al-Mawlawi (4) , A.M. El-Sayed (2) , M. Al-Thani (2) , S.A. Al-Marri (2) , B.L. Haagmans (3) & M.P.G. Koopmans (3, 5) (1) Animal Resources Department, Ministry of Environment, P.O. Box 23211, Doha, Qatar (2) Supreme Council of Health, P.O. Box 42, Doha, Qatar (3) Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Wytemaweg 80 - Room Ee 1726, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (4) Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar (5) National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, P.O. Box 1, 3720 Bilthoven, the Netherlands (6) Biotechnology Research Department, Animal Health Research Institute, Giza Dokki, Egypt * Corresponding author: Biotechnology Veterinary Laboratory, Department of Animal Resources, P.O. Box 23211, Doha, Qatar E-mail: kmahran65@yahoo.com