Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): A review

As a novel coronavirus first reported by Saudi Arabia in 2012, the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is responsible for an acute human respiratory syndrome. The virus, of 2C beta-CoV lineage, expresses the dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) receptor and is densely endemic in dromeda...

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Published in:Germs (Bucureşti) 2019-03, Vol.9 (1), p.35-42
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Middle East respiratory syndrome
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description As a novel coronavirus first reported by Saudi Arabia in 2012, the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is responsible for an acute human respiratory syndrome. The virus, of 2C beta-CoV lineage, expresses the dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4) receptor and is densely endemic in dromedary camels of East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. MERS-CoV is zoonotic but human-to-human transmission is also possible. Surveillance and phylogenetic researches indicate MERS-CoV to be closely associated with bats' coronaviruses, suggesting bats as reservoirs, although unconfirmed. With no vaccine currently available for MERS-CoV nor approved prophylactics, its global spread to over 25 countries with high fatalities highlights its role as ongoing public health threat. An articulated action plan ought to be taken, preferably from a One Health perspective, for appropriately advanced countermeasures against MERS-CoV.
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Coronaviruses
Disease transmission
Epidemics
Epidemiology
Fatalities
Genomes
Health aspects
Hospitals
Infections
Infectious diseases
Intelligence gathering
Kidneys
Laboratories
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Novels
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Proteins
Public health
Respiratory diseases
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RNA polymerase
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Virology
Viruses
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