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Abstract
A coronavirus first reported in the summer of 2012 in a pneumonia patient in SAUDI ARABIA. It is related to SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME-RELATED CORONAVIRUS. MERS-CoV has an estimated incubation period of 12 days and symptoms include renal failure and severe acute pneumonia with often fatal outcome.
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- MERS Virus
- MERS-CoV
- Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
- MERS Viruses
- Middle East respiratory syndrome related coronavirus
- Virus, MERS
- Merbecovirus
- Merbecoviruses
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure.
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infection: coordinate with MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME see CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS
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History Note
2015
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- Coronavirus (2013-2014)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D065207. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D065207
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MERS-related_coronavirus
- Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4902157