The present invention relates to the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) N nucleocapsid protein and/or an immunogenic fragment thereof, or a nucleic acid molecule encoding the MERS-CoV N nucleocapsid protein and/or the immunogenic fragment thereof, for use as a vaccine. The present invention further relates to an immunogenic composition comprising the MERS-CoV N nucleocapsid protein and/or an immunogenic fragment thereof, or a nucleic acid molecule encoding the MERS-CoV N nucleocapsid protein and/or the immunogenic fragment thereof. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding the MERS-CoV N nucleocapsid protein and/or an immunogenic fragment thereof, for use as a vaccine as well as a method of inducing a protective immune response against MERS-CoV.
