The total number of fatalities have now reached 44, with 2 more women dying of the coronavirus MERS in Saudi Arabia
Cell Response to Novel Human Coronavirus Opens Possible Paths to Treatments
WHAT:To study the cells' response to infection by a novel human coronavirus (called nCoV), NIH-supported scientists used lab-grown human lung cells.
WHAT:To study the cells' response to infection by a novel human coronavirus (called nCoV), NIH-supported scientists used lab-grown human lung cells.
Experts are struggling to understand MERS -- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome -- for which there is still no vaccine and which has an extremely high fatality rate of more than 51 percent.
It is considered a cousin of the SARS virus that erupted in Asia in 2003 and infected 8,273 people, nine percent of whom died.
Findings Suggest MERS Coronavirus Could Have an African Origin
A new study reports on the findings of researchers who have identified a virus in the feces of a South African bat that is genetically more closely related to the MERS coronavirus.
A new study reports on the findings of researchers who have identified a virus in the feces of a South African bat that is genetically more closely related to the MERS coronavirus.
According to research published this month in the American health journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, MERS was transmitted to humans from bats. But a study in the Lancet found the virus could have come from camels.
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First MERS Coronavirus Case in Qatar
Health authorities in Qatar on Tuesday announced they have detected the first case of MERS coronavirus in the Gulf state, with a 59-year-old man infected.
Health authorities in Qatar on Tuesday announced they have detected the first case of MERS coronavirus in the Gulf state, with a 59-year-old man infected.
