Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Related Coronavirus

Middle east respiratory syndrome mers also known as camel flu is a viral respiratory infection caused by the mers coronavirus mers cov.

Middle east respiratory syndrome related coronavirus. Middle east respiratory syndrome mers is viral respiratory illness that is new to humans. Worldwide reduction in mers cases and deaths since 2016 8 july 2019 who and colleagues from the university of oxford imperial college london and institut pasteur have estimated that since 2016 1 465 cases of middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus mers cov and between 300 and 500 deaths may have been averted due to accelerated global efforts to detect infections early and reduce. The species is a member of the genus betacoronavirus and subgenus merbecovirus. The infecting virus is an enveloped positive sense single stranded rna virus which enters its host cell by binding to the dpp4 receptor.

2 3 mers cov had caused a significant mortality of about 50 since that time. Typical symptoms include fever cough diarrhea and shortness of breath. The disease is typically more severe in those with other health problems. Middle east respiratory syndrome related coronavirus mers cov or emc 2012 hcov emc 2012 is a species of coronavirus which infects humans bats and camels.

Middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus mers cov is a new human disease that was first reported from saudi arabia in september 2012 after identification of a novel coronavirus cov from a male saudi arabian patient who died from severe pneumonia. It was first reported in saudi arabia in 2012 and has since spread to several other countries including the united states.