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The newly-emerged coronavirus,named the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus(MERS-CoV),is highly pathogenic.Patients suffer severe pulmonary diseases,including fever,cough,and an acute respiratory distress syndrome.In some cases,the disease course is accompanied by renal failure,leading to severely high mortality.As of July 11th 2013,a total of 81 laboratory-confirmed infection cases,including 45 deaths,had been reported globally.Since the first case-report in Saudi Arabia last year,MERSCoV has now spread to affect multiple countries in the Middle East,Europe and North Africa.In addition,there has been accumulating evidence showing the limited local transmission of the virus among close contacts.Consequently,people are worried of a second potential coronavirus pandemic ten years
The newly-emerged coronavirus, named the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), is highly pathogenic. Patients suffer from severe pulmonary diseases, including fever, cough, and an acute respiratory distress syndrome. In some cases, the disease course is accompanied by renal failure, leading to severely high mortality. As of July 11th 2013, a total of 81 laboratory-confirmed infection cases, including 45 deaths, had been reported globally .ince the first case-report in Saudi Arabia last year, MERSCoV has now spread to affect multiple countries in the Middle East, Europe and North Africa.In addition, there has been accumulating evidence showing the limited local transmission of the virus among close contacts. Conclusion, people are worried of a second potential coronavirus pandemic ten years