Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): challenges in identifying its source and controlling its spread

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), a novel human coronavirus that caused outbreaks of a SARS-like illness in the Middle East, is now considered a threat to global public health. This review discusses the challenges in identifying the source of this fatal virus and developing ef...

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Autores principales: Lu, Lu, Liu, Qi, Du, Lanying, Jiang, Shibo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Institut Pasteur. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7110483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23791956
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micinf.2013.06.003
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Sumario:Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), a novel human coronavirus that caused outbreaks of a SARS-like illness in the Middle East, is now considered a threat to global public health. This review discusses the challenges in identifying the source of this fatal virus and developing effective and safe anti-MERS-CoV vaccines and therapeutics in order to control its spread and to combat any future pandemic.

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