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MERS-CoV: Understanding the Latest Human Coronavirus Threat.
- Source :
- Viruses (1999-4915); Feb2018, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p93, 22p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Human coronaviruses cause both upper and lower respiratory tract infections in humans. In 2012, a sixth human coronavirus (hCoV) was isolated from a patient presenting with severe respiratory illness. The 60-year-old man died as a result of renal and respiratory failure after admission to a hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The aetiological agent was eventually identified as a coronavirus and designated Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). MERS-CoV has now been reported in more than 27 countries across the Middle East, Europe, North Africa and Asia. As of July 2017, 2040 MERS-CoV laboratory confirmed cases, resulting in 712 deaths, were reported globally, with a majority of these cases from the Arabian Peninsula. This review summarises the current understanding of MERS-CoV, with special reference to the (i) genome structure; (ii) clinical features; (iii) diagnosis of infection; and (iv) treatment and vaccine development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CORONAVIRUSES
RESPIRATORY infections
MIDDLE East respiratory syndrome
VACCINES
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19994915
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Viruses (1999-4915)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 128270574
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/v10020093