MERS-CoV infection: Mind the public knowledge gap

MERS-CoV Infection of Alpaca in a Region Where MERS-CoV is Endemic.

MERS-CoV

In 2002/03, a novel coronavirus (CoV) termed severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV emerged in China and caused an epidemic in which approximately 800 of 8000 cases died. Ten years later, a newly emerged Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-CoV has been confirmed in 189 patients of which 82 had a fatal outcome. All MERS cases were linked to the Arabian Peninsula and to date thirteen ca...

مروری بر MERS-CoV

(MERS) یک بیماری ویروسی تنفسی است که اولین‌ بار در سپتامبر 2012 در جده عربستان سعودی گزارش شد. عامل بیماری، یک ویروس جدید از گروه بتاکوروناویروسها است که تا این مرحله منشاء آن نامشخص است؛ ولی مطالعات ژنتیکی حاکی از آن است که کوروناویروسهای خفاش بیشترین نزدیکی را به این ویروس دارند. به طور کلی، MERS-CoV به نظر یک ویروس حیوانی است که به صورت اسپورادیک و با انتقال محدود، منجر به عفونت در انسان می‌...

MERS-CoV Infection in a Pregnant Woman in Korea

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a lethal respiratory disease - caused by MERS-coronavirus (MERS-CoV) which was first identified in 2012. Especially, pregnant women can be expected as highly vulnerable candidates for this viral infection. In May 2015, this virus was spread in Korea and a pregnant woman was confirmed with positive result of MERS-CoV polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Her...

Association between Severity of MERS-CoV Infection and Incubation Period.

We analyzed data for 170 patients in South Korea who had laboratory-confirmed infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. A longer incubation period was associated with a reduction in the risk for death (adjusted odds ratio/1-day increase in incubation period 0.83, 95% credibility interval 0.68-1.03).