This virus kills one-third of the people it infects. Will it become the world's next pandemic?
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2015-05-12
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The recent rise in the number of the MERS cases in the Middle East suggests that the respiratory syndrome virus which has traditionally been linked to contact with camels may have mutated, causing easier transmission between humans.
MERS infection manifests as severe acute respiratory illness with fever, cough and shortness of breath. Since its discovery in September 2010, 257 cases of the incurable coronavirus have been recorded, with at least 50 cases in the last week. To date, 93 deaths have been confirmed globally.
Two clusters of MERS cases have emerged, one in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, and another among paramedics in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The recent spike in cases may have been caused by improper infection control prevention. But authorities fear that mutated virus may have become more easily transmitted between humans.
Patients in Europe and in North Africa have contracted the disease in the Middle East before being diagnosed. The first cases in Greece and Malaysia were reported this week.
Saudi officials issued a statement last week emphasizing that there was no immediate cause for concern with the latest outbreak, saying that it has not yet met international definitions of an epidemic
"I can assure you that there wasn't any case registered at schools, this is a positive indication. There shouldn't be any concerns at schools. The medical situation of the infected medical crews has started to decrease and the percentage of deaths is also becoming less," Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabiah, Saudi Arabia's minister of health, said at a press conference, according to Reuters.
The health ministry said it has invited five European and North American pharmaceutical companies to collaborate on the d
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The recent rise in the number of the MERS cases in the Middle East suggests that the respiratory syndrome virus which has traditionally been linked to contact with camels may have mutated, causing easier transmission between humans.
MERS infection manifests as severe acute respiratory illness with fever, cough and shortness of breath. Since its discovery in September 2010, 257 cases of the incurable coronavirus have been recorded, with at least 50 cases in the last week. To date, 93 deaths have been confirmed globally.
Two clusters of MERS cases have emerged, one in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, and another among paramedics in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The recent spike in cases may have been caused by improper infection control prevention. But authorities fear that mutated virus may have become more easily transmitted between humans.
Patients in Europe and in North Africa have contracted the disease in the Middle East before being diagnosed. The first cases in Greece and Malaysia were reported this week.
Saudi officials issued a statement last week emphasizing that there was no immediate cause for concern with the latest outbreak, saying that it has not yet met international definitions of an epidemic
"I can assure you that there wasn't any case registered at schools, this is a positive indication. There shouldn't be any concerns at schools. The medical situation of the infected medical crews has started to decrease and the percentage of deaths is also becoming less," Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al-Rabiah, Saudi Arabia's minister of health, said at a press conference, according to Reuters.
The health ministry said it has invited five European and North American pharmaceutical companies to collaborate on the d
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