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Department of Health
World Health Organization
Update on MERS Coronavirus infection (5 June 2015)
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERSCoV) [Global Alert and Response]
Public Health England
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERSCoV). Factsheet No 401. (June 2015)
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS): Who is at
risk?
MERS-CoV: risk assessment (updated 10 June 2015)
European Centre for Disease Prevention
and Control
MERS-CoV and avian influenza: primary care (10 June
2015)
Coronavirus infections
MERS-CoV: public health investigation and
management of possible cases (9 June 2015)
ECDC updates its rapid risk assessment as MERS-CoV
cluster evolves in South Korea (11 June 2015)
MERS-CoV: referral of samples to PHE public health
laboratories (April 2015)
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERSCoV), 11 June 2015
MERS-CoV: referral pathway of positive samples to
the NRL Respiratory Virus Unit (11 June 2015)
Update of MERS-CoV rapid risk assessment following
large South Korean cluster (5 June 2015)
Preparedness planning for respiratory viruses in EU
Member States (24 Feb. 2015)
Parliamentary Office of Science and
Technology
MERS-CoV Factsheet (last updated 20 August 2014)
Surveillance of infectious disease
Centers for Disease Control and
Protection [US]
National Travel Health Network and
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
Centre
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERSCoV) update: Republic of Korea and China (5 June
2015)
Wellcome Trust
Here’s how to tackle the next killer disease
RAND Corporation
MERS – FAQs
Medline
Imported cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome:
an update.
(Sridhar et al: Travel Medicine & Infectious Disease.
13(1):106-9, 2015 Jan-Feb.)
Heat inactivation of the Middle East respiratory
syndrome coronavirus.
(Leclercq et al: Influenza & Other Respiratory Viruses.
8(5):585-6, 2014 Sept.)
As Ebola Declines, Lessons Emerge
PLOS Currents: Outbreaks
State of Knowledge on MERS-CoV Tweeterview with
Tony Mounts from WHO (Storify presentation)
Estimation of MERS-Coronavirus Reproductive Number
and Case Fatality Rate for the Spring 2014 Saudi
Arabia Outbreak: Insights from Publicly Available Data
(Dec. 2014)
Sensitivity of SARS/MERS CoV to interferons and other
drugs based on achievable serum concentrations in
humans. [Review]
(Strayer et al: Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets.
14(1):37-43, 2014.)
Coronaviruses: severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus and Middle East respiratory syndrome
coronavirus in travelers. [Review]
(Al-Tawfiq et al: Current Opinion in Infectious
Diseases. 27(5):411-7, 2014 Oct.)
Detection of the Middle East respiratory syndrome
coronavirus genome in an air sample originating from
a camel barn owned by an infected patient.
(Azhar et al: mBio. 5(4):e01450-14, 2014.)
Concerns about misinterpretation of recent scientific
data implicating dromedary camels in epidemiology of
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).
(Samara and Abdoun: mBio. 5(4):e01430-14, 2014.)
Reply to "Concerns about misinterpretation of recent
scientific data implicating dromedary camels in
epidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome
(MERS)".
(Alagaili et al: mBio. 5(4):e01482-14, 2014.)
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus:
another zoonotic betacoronavirus causing SARS-like
disease. [Review]
(Chan et al: Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 28(2):465522, 2015 April)
Travel implications of emerging coronaviruses: SARS
and MERS-CoV. [Review]
(Al-Tawfiq et al: Travel Medicine & Infectious Disease.
12(5):422-8, 2014 Sep-Oct.)
MERS coronavirus in dromedary camel herd, Saudi
Arabia.
(Hemida et al: Emerging Infectious Diseases.
20(7):1231-4, 2014 July)
MERS-related betacoronavirus in Vespertilio superans
bats, China.
(Yang et al: Emerging Infectious Diseases.
20(7):1260-2, 2014 July)
MERS coronaviruses in dromedary camels, Egypt.
(Chu et al: Emerging Infectious Diseases. 20(6):104953, 2014 June)
Treating MERS-CoV during an outbreak.
(Coleman and Freeman: The Lancet Infectious
Diseases. 14(11):1030-1, 2014 Nov.)
Screening for Middle East respiratory syndrome
coronavirus infection in hospital patients and their
healthcare worker and family contacts: a prospective
descriptive study.
(Memish et al: Clinical Microbiology & Infection.
20(5):469-74, 2014 May.)
Calling for rapid development of a safe and effective
MERS vaccine.
(Hotez et al: Microbes & Infection. 16(7):529-31,
2014 July)
Web of Science
MERS and global health governance
(Youde, J.: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL Volume: 70
Issue: 1 Pages: 119-136 Published: MAR 2015)
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus: What
Do We Know?
(Sousou, J.: JNP-JOURNAL FOR NURSE
PRACTITIONERS Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 131134 Published: JAN 2015)
A Scenario-Based Evaluation of the Middle East
Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus and the Hajj
(Gardner et al: RISK ANALYSIS Volume: 34 Issue: 8
Pages: 1391-1400 Published: AUG 2014)
Infection control and MERS-CoV in health-care
workers
(Zumla et al: LANCET Volume: 383 Issue: 9932
Pages: 1869-1871 Published: MAY 31 2014)
MERS-CoV enigma deepens as reported cases surge
(Holmes, D.: LANCET Volume: 383 Issue: 9931
Pages: 1793-1793 Published: MAY 24 2014)
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV)
(Todd, B.: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING Volume:
114 Issue: 1 Pages: 56-59 Published: JAN 2014)
CINAHL
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERSCoV): current situation 3 years after the virus was
first identified.
(Embarek et al: Weekly Epidemiological Record (WKLY
EPIDEMIOL REC), 2015 May 15; 90 (20): 245-50.)
Pilgrims and MERS-CoV: what's the risk?
(Soliman et al: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
(EMERG THEMES EPIDEMIOL), 2015; 12 (1): 1-3.)
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection
control: The missing piece?
(Memish and Al-Tawfiq: American Journal of Infection
Control (AM J INFECT CONTROL), 2014 Dec; 42 (12):
1258-60.)
Towards improving clinical management of Middle East
respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection.
(Hayden et al: Lancet Infectious Diseases (LANCET
INFECT DIS), 2014 Jul; 14 (7): 544-6.)
The receptor binding domain of MERS-CoV: The dawn
of vaccine and treatment development
(Zhou et al: Journal of the Formosan Medical
Association (J FORMOSAN MED ASSOC), 2014 Mar;
113 (3): 143-7.)
Google Scholar
Middle east respiratory syndrome corona virus (MERS
CoV): The next steps
Growth and Quantification of MERS‐CoV Infection
In the news
MERS – the new coronavirus explained (BBC, 10 June
2015)
Sixth Mers death in South Korea amid sharp rises in
cases (BBC, 8 June 2015)
Mers - the new coronavirus explained (BBC, 8 June
2015)
MERS Virus’s Path: One Man, Many South Korean
Hospitals (New York Times, 8 June 2015)
Hong Kong to issue red alert against travel to South
Korea as Mers spreads (Guardian, 9 June 2015)
Mers outbreak: Hong Kong warns against S Korea
travel (BBC, 9 June 2015)
S Korea shuts nearly 2,000 schools as MERS cases
soar (Aljazeera, 8 June 2015)
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