Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) emerged in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and caused an epidemic in the Middle East. Public Health England (PHE) Manchester is one of the two PHE centres in the UK that perform testing for MERS-CoV. The results of the PHE Manchester MERS surveil...
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus PCR polymerase chain reaction PPE personal protective equipment SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome Background and Overview Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (CoV) (MERS-CoV) is a newly emerging zoonotic viral respiratory illness. Dromedary camels are...
Abbreviations MERS-CoV: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus; UAE: United Arab Emirates; WHO: World Health Organization; CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; PPE: personal protective equipment; IMOH: Israel Ministry of Health; RT-PCR: reverse transcriptase polymerase chain rection...
An Overview of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in the Middle East Arshad HaroonToosy,SeanO'sullivan, inFowler's Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine Current Therapy, Volume 9, 2019 Treatment Therapeutic options for MERS-CoV are limited. Supportive treatment is indicated for hospital...
Personal protective equipmentThis study aimed to evaluate practical barriers to personal protective equipment (PPE) use found through health care personnel (HCP) training sessions held during and after the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in Korea. Difficulties observed were ill-fitting ...
COVID-19 is the second coronavirus that affects the Middle East, following the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012. UAE was the first Middle Eastern country to say a case, following the COVID-19 happening in China. The Middle East faces the dual threa...
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viruses Article Identification of a Novel Inhibitor against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Yaping Sun 1,2, Huaidong Zhang 1, Jian Shi 1, Zhe Zhang 1 and Rui Gong 1,* 1 Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, CAS Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and Biosafety, Wuhan Institute ...