Recent Resource on Novel Coronavirus (NCoV) - Part I

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Recent Resource on Novel Coronavirus (NCoV) - Part I:

Last Update: December 12 2013.

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• Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20662 - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...708#post516708
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) serology in major livestock species in an affected region in Jordan, June to September 2013.
    • Reusken CB, Ababneh M, Raj VS, Meyer B, Eljarah A, Abutarbush S, Godeke GJ, Bestebroer TM, Zutt I, M?ller MA, Bosch BJ, Rottier PJ, Osterhaus AD, Drosten C, Haagmans BL, Koopmans MP.
    • Euro Surveill. 2013;18(50):pii=20662.
  
  
• Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20659 - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...712#post516712
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus seroprevalence in domestic livestock in Saudi Arabia, 2010 to 2013.
    • Hemida MG, Perera RA, Wang P, Alhammadi MA, Siu LY, Li M, Poon LL, Saif L, Alnaeem A, Peiris M.
    • Euro Surveill. 2013;18(50):pii=20659.
  
  
• Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20663
  • Note from the editors: MERS-CoV ? the quest for the reservoir continues.
    • Eurosurveillance editorial team.
    • Euro Surveill. 2013;18(50):pii=20663.
  
  
• Source: US National Library of Medicine, full page: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...?dopt=Abstract - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...498#post516498
  • Has Hajj-associated MERS-CoV transmission occurred? The case for effective post-Hajj surveillance for infection.
    • Rashid H, Azeem MI, Heron L, Haworth E, Booy R, Memish ZA.
    • Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013 Dec 7.
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    • PMID: 24313466 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
  
  
• Source: US National Library of Medicine, full page: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...?dopt=Abstract - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...501#post516501
  • The structural and accessory proteins M, ORF 4a, ORF 4b, and ORF 5 of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) are potent interferon antagonists.
    • Yang Y, Zhang L, Geng H, Deng Y, Huang B, Guo Y, Zhao Z, Tan W.
    • Protein Cell. 2013 Dec;4(12):951-61.
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    • PMID: 24318862 [PubMed - in process]
  
  
• Source: US National Library of Medicine, full page: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...?dopt=Abstract - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...503#post516503
  • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus not detected in children hospitalized with acute respiratory illness in Amman, Jordan, March 2010 to September 2012.
    • Khuri-Bulos N, Payne DC, Xiaoyan L, Erdman D, Wang L, Faouri S, Shehabi A, Johnson M, Becker MM, Denison MR, Williams JV, Halasa NB.
    • Clin Microbiol Infect. 2013 Oct 30.
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    • PMID: 24313317 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
  
  
• Source: PLoS ONE, full page: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%...l.pone.0081587 - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...083#post516083
  • A Truncated Receptor-Binding Domain of MERS-CoV Spike Protein Potently Inhibits MERS-CoV Infection and Induces Strong Neutralizing Antibody Responses: Implication for Developing Therapeutics and Vaccines.
    • Du L, Kou Z, Ma C, Tao X, Wang L, et al.
    • PLoS ONE 8(12): e81587.
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• Source: Journal of Infectious Diseases, full page: http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/conten...09.short?rss=1 - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...819#post514819
  • Platform Strategies for Rapid Response Against Emerging Coronaviruses: MERS-CoV Serologic and Antigenic Relationships in Vaccine Design.
    • Sudhakar Agnihothram, Robin Gopal, Boyd L. Yount Jr, Eric F. Donaldson, Vineet D. Menachery, Rachel L. Graham, Trevor D. Scobey, Lisa E. Gralinski, Mark R. Denison, Maria Zambon, Ralph S. Baric.
    • J Infect Dis. (2013)
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    • First published online: November 18, 2013
  
  
• Source: World Health Organization, full PDF document: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/coron...ember_2013.pdf - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...740#post514740
  • Seroepidemiological Investigation of Contacts of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Patients.
    • World Health Organization. Date: v1 19 November 2013
  
  
• Source: PLoS Current Outbreaks, full page: http://currents.plos.org/outbreaks/a...ion-component/ - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...327#post514327
  • Prediction of Intrinsic Disorder in MERS-CoV/HCoV-EMC Supports a High Oral-Fecal Transmission.
    • Goh GK, Dunker AK, Uversky V.
    • PLOS Currents Outbreaks. 2013 Nov 13. Edition 1.
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• Source: PLoS Current Outbreaks, full page: http://currents.plos.org/outbreaks/a...v-in-humans-2/ - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...275#post514275
  • State of Knowledge and Data Gaps of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Humans.
    • The WHO MERS-CoV Research Group -.
    • PLOS Currents Outbreaks. 2013 Nov 12. Edition 1.
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• Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases, full page: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...stract?rss=yes - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d=1#post514219
  • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: quantification of the extent of the epidemic, surveillance biases, and transmissibility.
    • Simon Cauchemez, Christophe Fraser, Maria D Van Kerkhove, Christl A Donnelly, Steven Riley, Andrew Rambaut, Vincent Enouf, Sylvie van der Werf, Neil M Ferguson.
    • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Early Online Publication, 13 November 2013.
    • doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70304-9
  
  
• Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases, full page: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...lltext?rss=yes - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d=1#post514231
  • The epidemiology of MERS-CoV.
    • David N Fisman, Ashleigh R Tuite.
    • The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Early Online Publication, 13 November 2013.
    • doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70283-4
  
  
• Source: Journal of Infectious Diseases, full page: http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/conten...90.short?rss=1 - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...110#post514110
  • An animal model of MERS produced by infection of Rhesus Macaques with MERS coronavirus.
    • Yanfeng Yao, Linlin Bao, Wei Deng, Lili Xu, Fengdi Li, Qi Lv, Pin Yu, Ting Chen, Yanfeng Xu, Hua Zhu, Jing Yuan, Songzhi Gu, Qiang Wei, Honglin Chen, Kwok-Yung Yuen and Chuan Qin.
    • J Infect Dis. (2013)
    • doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit590
    • First published online: November 11, 2013
  
  
• Source: Journal of Infectious Diseases, full page: http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/conten...89.short?rss=1 - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...111#post514111
  • Investigation of anti-MERS-Coronavirus antibodies in blood donors and abbatoir workers in Jeddah and Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, fall 2012.
    • Asad S. Aburizaiza, Frank M. Mattes, Esam I. Azhar, Ahmed M. Hassan, Ziad A. Memish, Doreen Muth, Benjamin Meyer, Eric Lattwein, Marcel M?ller and Christian Drosten.
    • J Infect Dis. (2013)
    • doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit589
    • First published online: November 11, 2013
  
  
• Source: Journal of Infectious Diseases, full page: http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/conten...91.short?rss=1 - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...112#post514112
  • Advancing Priority Research on the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus.
    • David F. Hui, Alimuddin Zumla.
    • J Infect Dis. (2013)
    • doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit591
    • First published online: November 11, 2013
  
  
• Source: Journal of Clinical Virology, full page: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...86653213004782 - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...835#post513835
  • MERS coronavirus: Data gaps for laboratory preparedness.
    • Rita de Sousa, Chantal Reusken, Marion Koopmans.
    • Journal of Clinical Virology, Available online 7 November 2013.
    • http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcv.2013.10.030
  
  
• Source: US National Library of Medicine, full page: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...?dopt=Abstract - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...470#post512470
  • Middle East respiratory syndrome novel corona MERS-CoV infection. Epidemiology and outcome update.
    • Al-Tawfiq JA, Assiri A, Memish ZA.
    • Saudi Med J. 2013 Oct;34(10):991-4.
    • PMID: 24145930 [PubMed - in process]
  
  
• Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20604 - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...443#post511443
  • Hajj pilgrims? knowledge about Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, August to September 2013.
    • Gautret P, Benkouiten S, Salaheddine I, Belhouchat K, Drali T, Parola P, Brouqui P.
    • Euro Surveill. 2013;18(41):pii=20604.
  
  
• Source: US National Library of Medicine, full page: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...?dopt=Abstract - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...523#post511523
  • Adaptive evolution of bat dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (dpp4): implications for the origin and emergence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus.
    • Cui J, Eden JS, Holmes EC, Wang LF.
    • Virol J. 2013 Oct 10;10(1):304. [Epub ahead of print]
    • PMID: 24107353 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
  
  
• Source: Science Direct, full page: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science...63445313002983 - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...988#post510988
  • Broad-Spectrum Antivirals For The Emerging Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus.
    • Jasper F.W. Chan, Kwok-**** Chan, Richard Y.T. Kao, Kelvin K.W. To, Bo-Jian Zheng, Clara P.Y. Li, Patrick T.W. Li, Jun Dai, Florence K.Y. Mok, Honglin Chen, Frederick G. Hayden, Kwok-Yung Yuen.
    • Journal of Infection, Available online 3 October 2013.
    • http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2013.09.029
  
  
• Source: US National Library of Medicine, full page: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...?dopt=Abstract - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...775#post510775
  • Delayed induction of proinflammatory cytokines and suppression of innate antiviral response by the novel Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: implications for pathogenesis and treatment.
    • Lau SK, Lau CC, Chan KH, Li CP, Chen H, Jin DY, Chan JF, Woo PC, Yuen KY.
    • J Gen Virol. 2013 Sep 28. [Epub ahead of print]
    • PMID: 24077366 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
  
  
• Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full page: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/...01_article.htm - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...516#post510516
  • Lack of MERS coronavirus neutralizing antibodies in humans, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
    • Gierer S, Hofmann-Winkler H, Albuali WH, Bertram S, Al-Rubaish AM, Yousef AA, et al.
    • Emerg Infect Dis [Internet]. 2013 Dec [date cited].
    • DOI: 10.3201/eid1912.130701
  
  
• Source: US National Library of Medicine, full page: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...?dopt=Abstract - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=211673
  • Inhibition of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Infection by Anti-CD26 Monoclonal Antibody.
    • Ohnuma K, Haagmans BL, Hatano R, Raj VS, Mou H, Iwata S, Dang NH, Jan Bosch B, Morimoto C.
    • J Virol. 2013 Sep 25. [Epub ahead of print]
    • PMID: 24067970 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
  
  
• Source: US National Library of Medicine, full page: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...?dopt=Abstract - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=211672
  • Structure of the fusion core and inhibition of fusion by a heptad-repeat peptide derived from the S protein of MERS-CoV.
    • Gao J, Lu G, Qi J, Li Y, Wu Y, Deng Y, Geng H, Li H, Wang Q, Xiao H, Tan W, Yan J, Gao GF.
    • J Virol. 2013 Sep 25. [Epub ahead of print]
    • PMID: 24067982 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
  
  
• Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20596 - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...441#post510441
  • Taking stock of the first 133 MERS coronavirus cases globally ? Is the epidemic changing?
    • Penttinen PM, Kaasik-Aaslav K, Friaux A, Donachie A, Sudre B, Amato-Gauci AJ, Memish ZA, Coulombier D.
    • Euro Surveill. 2013;18(39):pii=20596.
  
  
• Source: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, full page: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwr...cid=mm6238a4_w - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...442#post510442
  • Updated Information on the Epidemiology of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Infection and Guidance for the Public, Clinicians, and Public Health Authorities, 2012?2013.
    • MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 27, 2013 / 62(38);793-796.
  
  
• Source: The Journal of Infectious Diseases, full page: http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/conten...04.short?rss=1 - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...316#post510316
  • Active MERS-CoV replication and aberrant induction of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in human macrophages: implications for pathogenesis.
    • Jie Zhou, Hin Chu, Cun Li, Bosco Ho-Yin Wong, Zhong-Shan Cheng, Vincent Kwok-Man Poon, Tianhao Sun, Candy Choi-Yi Lau, Kenneth Kak-Yuen Wong, Jimmy Yu-Wai Chan, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Kelvin Kai-Wang To, Kwok-**** Chan, Bo-Jian Zheng and Kwok-Yung Yuen.
    • J Infect Dis. (2013)
    • doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit504
    • First published online: September 24, 2013.
  
  
• Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, full page: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/20...10.short?rss=1 - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...188#post510188
  • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) causes transient lower respiratory tract infection in rhesus macaques.
    • Emmie de Wit, Angela L. Rasmussen, Darryl Falzarano, Trenton Bushmaker, Friederike Feldmann, Douglas L. Brining, Elizabeth R. Fischer, Cynthia Martellaro, Atsushi Okumura, Jean Chang, Dana Scott, Arndt G. Benecke, Michael G. Katze, Heinz Feldmann, and Vincent J. Munster.
    • PNAS September 23, 2013. Published online before print September 23, 2013.
    • doi: 10.1073/pnas.1310744110.
  
  
• Source: The Lancet, full text: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...887-5/abstract - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=211408
  • Transmission and evolution of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Saudi Arabia: a descriptive genomic study.
    • Matthew Cotten, Simon J Watson, Paul Kellam, Abdullah A Al-Rabeeah, Hatem Q Makhdoom, Abdullah Assiri, Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq, Rafat F Alhakeem, Hossam Madani, Fahad A AlRabiah, Sami Al Hajjar, Wafa N Al-nassir, Ali Albarrak, Hesham Flemban, Hanan H Balkhy, Sarah Alsubaie, Anne L Palser, Astrid Gall, Rachael Bashford-Rogers, Andrew Rambaut, Alimuddin I Zumla, Ziad A Memish.
    • The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 20 September 2013.
    • doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61887-5
  
  
• Source: The Lancet, full page: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...955-8/fulltext - Extract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...977#post509977
  • Tracking the transmission and evolution of MERS-CoV.
    • David S Hui.
    • The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 20 September 2013.
    • doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61955-8
  
  
• Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20590 - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...927#post509927
  • Stability of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) under different environmental conditions.
    • van Doremalen N, Bushmaker T, Munster VJ.
    • Euro Surveill. 2013;18(38):pii=20590.
  
  
• Source: World Health Organization, full PDF document: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/coron..._Sept_2013.pdf - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...881#post509881
  • Laboratory Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus - Interim recommendations, September 2013.
  
  
• Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, full page: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/20...10.short?rss=1 - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...705#post509705
  • Reverse genetics with a full-length infectious cDNA of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus.
    • Trevor Scobey, Boyd L. Yount, Amy C. Sims, Eric F. Donaldson, Sudhakar S. Agnihothram, Vineet D. Menachery, Rachel L. Graham, Jesica Swanstrom, Peter F. Bove, Jeeho D. Kim, Sonia Grego, Scott H. Randell, and Ralph S. Baric.
    • PNAS September 16, 2013. Published online before print September 16, 2013.
    • doi: 10.1073/pnas.1311542110
  
  
• Source: US National Library of Medicine, full page: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...?dopt=Abstract - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...422#post509422
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Infection Mediated by the Transmembrane Serine Protease TMPRSS2.
    • Shirato K, Kawase M, Matsuyama S.
    • J Virol. 2013 Sep 11. [Epub ahead of print]
    • PMID: 24027332 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
  
  
• Source: US National Library of Medicine, full page: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...?dopt=Abstract - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...424#post509424
  • Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus accessory protein 4a is a type I interferon antagonist.
    • Niemeyer D, Zillinger T, Muth D, Zielecki F, Horvath G, Suliman T, Barchet W, Weber F, Drosten C, M?ller MA.
    • J Virol. 2013 Sep 11. [Epub ahead of print]
    • PMID: 24027320 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
  
  
• Source: mBio, full page: http://mbio.asm.org/content/4/5/e00650-13.short?rss=1 - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...193#post509193
  • Engineering a replication-competent, propagation-defective Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus as a vaccine candidate.
    • Almaz?n F, DeDiego ML, Sola I, Zu?iga S, Nieto-Torres JL, Marquez-Jurado S, Andr?s G, Enjuanes L.
    • mBio 4(5):e00650-13.
    • doi:10.1128/mBio.00650-13.
  
  
• Source: Nature, full page: http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/vao...s/nm.3362.html - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...994#post508994
  • Treatment with interferon-α2b and ribavirin improves outcome in MERS-CoV?infected rhesus macaques.
    • Darryl Falzarano, Emmie de Wit, Angela L Rasmussen, Friederike Feldmann, Atsushi Okumura, Dana P Scott, Doug Brining, Trenton Bushmaker, Cynthia Martellaro, Laura Baseler, Arndt G Benecke, Michael G Katze, Vincent J Munster & Heinz Feldmann.
    • Nature Medicine (2013).
    • DOI: doi:10.1038/nm.3362
  
  
• Source: PLoS Pathogens, full page: http://www.plospathogens.org/article...ew+Articles%29 - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...794#post508794
  • Emergence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus.
    • Christopher M. Coleman, Matthew B. Frieman.
    • PLoS Pathog 9(9): e1003595.
    • doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003595
  
  
• Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20574 - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...735#post508735
  • Seroepidemiology for MERS coronavirus using microneutralisation and pseudoparticle virus neutralisation assays reveal a high prevalence of antibody in dromedary camels in Egypt, June 2013.
    • Perera RA, Wang P, Gomaa MR, El-Shesheny R, Kandeil A, Bagato O, Siu LY, Shehata MM, Kayed AS, Moatasim Y, Li M, Poon LL, Guan Y, Webby RJ, Ali MA, Peiris JS, Kayali G.
    • Euro Surveill. 2013;18(36):pii=20574.
    • Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20574
  
  
• Source: US National Library of Medicine, full page: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...?dopt=Abstract - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...552#post508552
  • Therapeutic Options for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) - possible lessons from a systematic review of SARS-CoV therapy.
    • Momattin H, Mohammed K, Zumla A, Memish ZA, Al-Tawfiq JA.
    • Int J Infect Dis. 2013 Aug 28. pii: S1201-9712(13)00229-4.
    • doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.07.002. [Epub ahead of print]
    • PMID: 23993766 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
  
  
• Source: US National Library of Medicine, full page: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...?dopt=Abstract - Abstract on FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...149#post508149
  • A safe and convenient pseudovirus-based inhibition assay to detect neutralizing antibodies and screen for viral entry inhibitors against the novel human coronavirus MERS-CoV.
    • Zhao G, Du L, Ma C, Li Y, Li L, Poon VK, Wang L, Yu F, Zheng BJ, Jiang S, Zhou Y.
    • Virol J. 2013 Aug 26;10(1):266. [Epub ahead of print]
    • PMID: 23978242 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
  
  
• Source: Eurosurveillance, full page: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/View...rticleId=20564 - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...671#post507671
  • Investigation of an imported case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in Florence, Italy, May to June 2013.
    • Puzelli S, Azzi A, Santini MG, Di Martino A, Facchini M, Castrucci MR, Meola M, Arvia R, Corcioli F, Pierucci F, Baretti S, Bartoloni A, Bartolozzi D, de Martino M, Galli L, Pompa MG, Rezza G, Balocchini E, Donatelli I.
    • Euro Surveill. 2013;18(34):pii=20564
  
  
• Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full page: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/...72_article.htm - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...575#post507575
  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus in Bats, Saudi Arabia.
    • Ziad A. Memish, Nischay Mishra, Kevin J. Olival, Shamsudeen F. Fagbo, Vishal Kapoor, Jonathan H. Epstein, Rafat AlHakeem, Mushabab Al Asmari, Ariful Islam, Amit Kapoor, Thomas Briese, Peter Daszak, Abdullah A. Al Rabeeah, and W. Ian Lipkin.
    • Emerg Infect Dis [Internet]. 2013 Nov [date cited].
    • http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1911.131172
  
  
• Source: mBio, full page: http://mbio.asm.org/content/4/4/e00531-13.short?rss=1 - On FluTrackers.com: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...490#post507490
  • The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome?How Worried Should We Be?
    • Stanley Perlman.
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• Inhibition of novel β coronavirus replication by a combination of interferon-α2b and ribavirin.
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• Reusken C, Mou H, Godeke GJ, van der Hoek L, Meyer B, M?ller MA, Haagmans B, de Sousa R, Schuurman N, Dittmer U, Rottier P, Osterhaus A, Drosten C, Bosch BJ, Koopmans M.
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• Journal of Infectious Diseases
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• Brian McCloskey, Alimuddin Zumla, Gwen Stephens, David L Heymann, Ziad A Memish
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• Gulfaraz Khan
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• Matthew Cotten, Tommy T. Lam, Simon J. Watson, Anne L. Palser, Velislava Petrova, Paul Grant, Oliver G. Pybus, Andrew Rambaut, Yi Guan, Deenan Pillay, Paul Kellam
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• The Health Protection Agency (HPA) UK
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• V. Stalin Raj, Huihui Mou, Saskia L. Smits, Dick H. W. Dekkers, Marcel A. M?ller, Ronald Dijkman, Doreen Muth, Jeroen A. A. Demmers, Ali Zaki, Ron A. M. Fouchier, Volker Thiel, Christian Drosten, Peter J. M. Rottier, Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus, Berend Jan Bosch & Bart L. Haagmans
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• Amy C. Sims, Susan C. Tilton, Vineet D. Menachery, Lisa E. Gralinski, Alexandra Sch?fer, Melissa M. Matzke, Bobbie-Jo M. Webb-Robertson, Jean Chang, Maria L. Luna, Casey E. Long, Anil K. Shukla, Armand R. Bankhead III, Susan E. Burkett, Gregory Zornetzer, Chien-Te Kent Tseng, Thomas O. Metz, Raymond Pickles, Shannon McWeeney, Richard D. Smith, Michael G. Katze, Katrina M. Waters and Ralph S. Baric
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• Buchholz U, M?ller MA, Nitsche A, Sanewski A, Wevering N, Bauer-Balci T, Bonin F, Drosten C, Schweiger B, Wolff T, Muth D, Meyer B, Buda S, Krause G, Schaade L, Haas W.
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• Ronald Dijkman, Maarten F. Jebbink, Sylvie M. Koekkoek, Martin Deijs, Hulda R. J?nsd?ttir, Richard Molenkamp, Margareta Ieven, Herman Goossens, Volker Thiel and Lia van der Hoek
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