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Microbes Infect. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV): Challenges in Identifying Its Source and Controlling Its Spread.
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Microbes Infect. 2013 Jun 18. pii: S1286-4579(13)00118-4. doi: 10.1016/j.micinf.2013.06.003. [Epub ahead of print]
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV): Challenges in Identifying Its Source and Controlling Its Spread.
Lu L, Liu Q, Du L, Jiang S.
Source: Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Shanghai Medical College and Institute of Medical Microbiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Abstract
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.
Copyright ? 2013. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.
PMID: 23791956 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
-Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV): Challenges in Identifying Its Source and Controlling Its Spread.
Lu L, Liu Q, Du L, Jiang S.
Source: Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Shanghai Medical College and Institute of Medical Microbiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Abstract
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.
Copyright ? 2013. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.
PMID: 23791956 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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