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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Killerby ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6986839 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Emerging infectious diseases 20200201 2
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection causes a spectrum of respiratory illness, from asymptomatic to mild to fatal. MERS-CoV is transmitted sporadically from dromedary camels to humans and occasionally through human-to-human contact. Current epidemiologic evidence supports a major role in transmission for direct contact with live camels or humans with symptomatic MERS, but little evidence suggests the possibility of transmission from camel products or asymptomatic MER ...[more]