This delays identification of the virus, and proper infection control procedures. The Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral illness included in the World Health Organization’s ...

However, the virus is not easily transmitted from person to person and there has been no sustained transmission of MERS-CoV. The first and vast majority of cases of MERS have occurred in Saudi Arabia, ...

The kingdom was the site of the first MERS-Corona virus (MERS-CoV) infection and has reportedly experienced the worst outbreaks of the virus. MERS-CoV-related fatalities have reached 851 globally ...

The MERS coronavirus—MERS stands for "Middle East respiratory syndrome"—causes severe respiratory diseases with a high ...

A new spike in cases of a deadly respiratory virus, in Saudi Arabia ... estimated 8,000 people infected; MERS has killed about 30% of those with confirmed infections, although those whose health ...

This year too, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. confirmed deaths due to MERS-CoV infection. Although the virus has not yet made its way to India, physicians advise that it is best to be informed of the ...

Experts say apart from infecting people, the virus has also been found in camels sometimes. Swine Flu Assam: Baby Dies Of H1N1 Flu; Symptoms, Causes And Precautions To Take Doctors say MERS does ...

The discovery of Hendra foreshadowed three decades of emerging infectious diseases dominated by bat-borne zoonotic viruses – ...

These animals are natural hosts of influenza virus and can act as mixing vessels to create novel versions of influenza that have not existed previously. Avian H5N1 influenza (or bird flu), which ...