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MERS
This page is medical background from WHO/CDC citations. It is not current-event intelligence.
- Pathogen
- Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- Transmission
- Dromedary camels; limited human-to-human, especially in health care (WHO).
- Incubation
- 2–14 days (WHO).
- Typical symptoms
- Fever, cough, shortness of breath; pneumonia.
- Treatment
- Supportive care (WHO).
- Vaccine
- No licensed vaccine in routine public use (WHO).
- Historical fatality
- Reported case-fatality has been substantial among detected cases (WHO).