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A bit of a medical mystery and a deadly one:
The CDC has information HERE.
- Scientists Say They Have Found A Way To Fight Sars And Mers
From Business Insider: An international team of scientists say they have identified a compound that can fight coronaviruses, responsible for the SARS and MERS outbreaks, which currently have no cure. Coronaviruses affected the upper and lower respiratory tracts in...
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Deadly Mers virus ‘could be spread by cats and dogs’ and is not just found in Saudi Arabia, scientists warnHousehold pets like cats and dogs could be partially to blame for the spread of the mysterious Mers virus, an expert has said, as scientists...
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Worker who cared for Orlando MERS patient hospitalized, another sick ORLANDO -- Two Orlando health care workers who treated a 44-year-old man with MERS now have flu-like symptoms. One was admitted to the hospital, while the other was sent home. Test...
- Man Being Treated In A London Hospital For A Lethal 'sars-like' Mers Has Died
From Will at THE OTHER NEWS: Man being treated in a London hospital for a lethal 'Sars-like' MERS has died. HT: AstuteBlogger.(Telegraph). "In the end his lungs were worn down, so secondary infection is the real problem. The virus effectively...
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All Confirmed Hospitalized Al Hasa MERS-CoV Dialysis Cases Died. - Case fatality rate of 76 percentFrom Will at THE OTHER NEWS: All Confirmed Hospitalized Al Hasa MERS-CoV Dialysis Cases Died. - Case fatality rate of 76 percent .HT:Recombinomics....
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New Virus Originated In The Middle East
A bit of a medical mystery and a deadly one:
A mysterious new respiratory virus that originated in the Middle East spreads easily between people and appears more deadly than SARS, doctors reported Wednesday after investigating the biggest outbreak in Saudi Arabia.More information HERE.
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...[Experts]couldn't nail down how it was spread in every case -- through droplets from sneezing or coughing, or a more indirect route. Some of the hospital patients weren't close to the infected person, but somehow picked up the virus....
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Cases have continued to trickle in, and there appears to be an ongoing outbreak in Saudi Arabia. MERS cases have also been reported in Jordan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Tunisia. Most have had a direct connection to the Middle East region.
In the Saudi cluster that was investigated, certain patients infected many more people than would be expected, Perl said. One patient who was receiving dialysis treatment spread MERS to seven others, including fellow dialysis patients at the same hospital. During SARS, such patients were known as "superspreaders" and effectively seeded outbreaks in numerous countries.
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...Compared to SARS' 8 percent death rate, the fatality rate for MERS in the Saudi outbreak was about 65 percent, though the experts could be missing mild cases that might skew the figures....
The CDC has information HERE.
- Scientists Say They Have Found A Way To Fight Sars And Mers
From Business Insider: An international team of scientists say they have identified a compound that can fight coronaviruses, responsible for the SARS and MERS outbreaks, which currently have no cure. Coronaviruses affected the upper and lower respiratory tracts in...
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Deadly Mers virus ‘could be spread by cats and dogs’ and is not just found in Saudi Arabia, scientists warnHousehold pets like cats and dogs could be partially to blame for the spread of the mysterious Mers virus, an expert has said, as scientists...
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Worker who cared for Orlando MERS patient hospitalized, another sick ORLANDO -- Two Orlando health care workers who treated a 44-year-old man with MERS now have flu-like symptoms. One was admitted to the hospital, while the other was sent home. Test...
- Man Being Treated In A London Hospital For A Lethal 'sars-like' Mers Has Died
From Will at THE OTHER NEWS: Man being treated in a London hospital for a lethal 'Sars-like' MERS has died. HT: AstuteBlogger.(Telegraph). "In the end his lungs were worn down, so secondary infection is the real problem. The virus effectively...
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All Confirmed Hospitalized Al Hasa MERS-CoV Dialysis Cases Died. - Case fatality rate of 76 percentFrom Will at THE OTHER NEWS: All Confirmed Hospitalized Al Hasa MERS-CoV Dialysis Cases Died. - Case fatality rate of 76 percent .HT:Recombinomics....