Middle East Corona Virus Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) is one type of virus that attacks the respiratory organs of people who have it which is kind of respiratory disease that can lead to death. Mers - Cov is an abbreviation of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus. This virus is a new kind of group Corona virus (Novel Corona Virus). The virus was first reported in September 2012 in Saudi Arabia.
This virus is different from other coronavirus has been found before, so that the corona virus study group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses decided that the novel corona virus is called as Mers-Cov. The virus is not the same as the corona virus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), but similar to the corona virus found in bats.
Symptoms and Transmission of Mers-Cov :
Most people who are infected with Mers-Cov develop into severe respiratory illness with symptoms of fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Approximately half of the patients died. The majority of patients reported suffering from respiratory disease of moderate.
Until now, the investigation is still being conducted on the patterns of transmission of Mers-Cov, because it has found the existence of human-to-human transmission of mutually close contact with the patient. Transmission from infected patients to health care workers who care for also observed. In addition, a cluster of cases of Mers-Cov infection in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Kingdom, France, Tunisia, and Italy are also investigated.
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