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    As Saudi MERS total grows, study hints at increased transmissibility

    Saudi Arabia's government today reported two more MERS-CoV infections, one involving a healthcare worker likely infected in Riyadh's outbreak, and Chinese researchers detailed a comparison of recent samples that hints at increased transmissibility.

    In other developments, the Saudi agriculture ministry announced new results from a large camel sampling project, which revealed that 3.3% of the country's animals are probably infected with MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus).
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