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Middle East respiratory syndrome
Amal Al-Maani, Wayne L. Gold and Allison McGeer
CMAJ June 16, 2015 187 (9) 679; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.140951
Amal Al-Maani
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (Al-Maani), Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; Division of Infectious Diseases (Gold), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Gold), University of Toronto; Department of Microbiology (McGeer), Mount Sinai Hospital; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (McGeer), University of Toronto, Ont.
MDWayne L. Gold
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (Al-Maani), Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; Division of Infectious Diseases (Gold), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Gold), University of Toronto; Department of Microbiology (McGeer), Mount Sinai Hospital; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (McGeer), University of Toronto, Ont.
MDAllison McGeer
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (Al-Maani), Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman; Division of Infectious Diseases (Gold), University Health Network; Department of Medicine (Gold), University of Toronto; Department of Microbiology (McGeer), Mount Sinai Hospital; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (McGeer), University of Toronto, Ont.
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Middle East respiratory syndrome
Amal Al-Maani, Wayne L. Gold, Allison McGeer
CMAJ Jun 2015, 187 (9) 679; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.140951
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- Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a new human coronavirus that causes severe respiratory illness
- Most cases of MERS have occurred as part of hospital outbreaks
- The syndrome typically presents as a febrile respiratory illness that progresses to severe pneumonia
- All cases of MERS have been acquired in the Arabian Peninsula or have occurred in close contacts of a person infected in the Middle East
- Surveillance and infection control measures are critical to the global strategy to prevent MERS
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