Emergence of MERS-CoV in the Middle East: origins, transmission, treatment, and perspectives

PLoS Pathog. 2014 Dec 4;10(12):e1004457. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004457. eCollection 2014 Dec.

Authors

Ahmad Sharif-Yakan¹, Souha S Kanj¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine-Division of Infectious Diseases, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
Humans
Middle East / epidemiology
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / pathogenicity*

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this study.