Not enough being done to stop spread of MERS in hospitals: journal

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Not enough being done to stop spread of MERS in hospitals: journal
Helen Branswell, The Canadian Press
Published Monday, January 27, 2014 6:03PM EST

An editorial in a major medical journal warns the spread of MERS coronavirus infections in hospitals in affected countries is a significant but underappreciated problem.

It comes as the World Health Organization confirmed a doctor in Saudi Arabia succumbed to the virus earlier this month.

The man, a Bangladeshi practising in Riyadh, is not known to have had contact with a MERS patient or with the types of animals suspected of being involved in the spread of the disease.

The editorial notes that hospitals are a perfect breeding ground for MERS coronavirus transmission -- just as they were 10 years ago when a cousin virus, SARS, emerged from nature...

 

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Re: Not enough being done to stop spread of MERS in hospitals: journal

Source: http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1817261

Editorials | 28 January 2014
Medusa's Ugly Head Again: From SARS to MERS-CoV ONLINE FIRST
Trish M. Perl, MD, MSc; Allison McGeer, MD; and Connie Savor Price, MD

In this issue, Arabi and colleagues report a case series of severely ill patients infected with the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. The editorialists comment on the report and emphasize the need for transparency and collaboration in the scientific community to identify optimum management and prevent a pandemic...