📄 Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): Challenges inidentifying its source and controlling its spread

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), a novel human coronavirus that caused outbreaks of a SARS-like illness in the Middle East, is now considered a threat to global public health. This review discusses the challenges in identifying the source of this fatal virus and developing effective and safe anti-MERS-CoV vaccines and therapeutics in order to control its spread and to combat any future pandemic. © 2013 Institut Pasteur.

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