A 2015 outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Jordan involved a variant virus that acquired distinctive deletions in the accessory open reading frames.
Up to 50 percent of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases in Saudi Arabia have been classified as secondary, occurring from human-to-human transmission through contact with asymptomatic or symptomatic MERS-CoV infected individuals.
Researchers discuss a patient who became a Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) superspreader, igniting a multi-hospital outbreak.
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) causes frequent hospital outbreaks in Saudi Arabia with emergency departments as the initial site of virus spread.
Investigations into Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) cases detected in hospitals should test broadly for potential contacts.
Researchers used the full details of MERS-CoV cases available on the disease outbreak news section of the World Health Organization website to extract demographic and clinical information, global distribution, contacts, and probable risk factors for the mortality of laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV cases for analysis.
Oman has reported a case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), the first case of MERS-CoV reported in Oman in 2018.
The Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) virus has infected more than 1,800 people across Saudi Arabia with most infections occurring in health care workers.
Researchers demonstrated viral genetic and phenotypic differences in viruses from West Africa, which may be relevant to differences in zoonotic potential, highlighting the need for studies of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) at the animal–human interface.
The measure comes after an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in March infected seven people, resulting in two deaths.