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SUBMITTER: Memish ZA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7155742 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lancet (London, England) 20200304 10229
The Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a lethal zoonotic pathogen that was first identified in humans in Saudi Arabia and Jordan in 2012. Intermittent sporadic cases, community clusters, and nosocomial outbreaks of MERS-CoV continue to occur. Between April 2012 and December 2019, 2499 laboratory-confirmed cases of MERS-CoV infection, including 858 deaths (34·3% mortality) were reported from 27 countries to WHO, the majority of which were reported by Saudi Arabia (2106 cas ...[more]