Browsing by Subject "Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)"

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    Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus.
    (Thieme, 2020-04-18) Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.; Memish, Ziad A.; Medicine, School of Medicine
    Emerging infectious diseases continue to be of a significant importance worldwide with the potential to cause major outbreaks and global pandemics. In 2002, the world had witnessed the appearance of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus in China which disappeared abruptly within 6 months. About a decade later, a new and emerging novel coronavirus named the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was described in a patient from Saudi Arabia. These two coronaviruses shared multiple similarities in the epidemiology, clinical presentations, and posed challenges in its prevention and management. Seven years since its discovery, MERS-CoV continues to be a lethal zoonotic pathogen capable of causing severe pneumonia with high case fatality rates and the ability to cause large health care-associated outbreaks.
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    What is the burden of asymptomatic coronavirus infections?
    (Elsevier, 2023) Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A.; Memish, Ziad A.; Altawfi, Kauthar J.; Pan, Qiuwei; Schlagenhauf, Patricia; Medicine, School of Medicine