Infectious MERS-CoV Isolated From a Mildly Ill Patient, Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is associated with a wide range of clinical presentations, from asymptomatic or mildly ill to severe respiratory illness including death. We describe isolation of infectious MERS-CoV from the upper respiratory tract of a mildly ill 27-year-old female in Saudi Arabia 15 days after illness onset.

SUBMITTER: Al-Abdely HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6016420 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature