Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) origin and animal reservoir

A. Mohd, Hamzah; A. Al‐Tawfiq, Jaffar; A. Memish, Ziad

doi:10.1186/s12985-016-0544-0

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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) origin and animal reservoir

Published in Virology Journal • Jun 2, 2016

Authors:

Hamzah A. Mohd

Jaffar A. Al‐Tawfiq

Ziad A. Memish

Abstract

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a novel coronavirus discovered in 2012 and is responsible for acute respiratory syndrome in humans. Though not confirmed yet, multiple surveillance and phylogenetic studies suggest a bat origin. The disease is heavily endemic in dromedary ca...

Subject

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Middle East respiratory syndrome

Biology

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