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Sensitivity and specificity of a Middle East respiratory syndrome screening tool used in the emergency department

Journal of Nature and Science of Medicine, 2020
Background: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection becomes a global health issue because of its ability to spread rapidly, especially in healthcare settings.
Sami Alsolamy, Anas Khan, Sami Yousef, Faisal Alghusen, Ahmad Alsalman, Abdulaziz Alnaim, Majid Alsalamah, Najla Alassim, Thamer Alenazi, Nawfal Aljerian, Yasser Alaska   +10 more
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[Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Camel virus and zoonotic pathogen]

Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift, 2021
The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has been firstly identified in September 2012 as causative agent of severe and lethal respiratory disease in humans (Table 1).
Christian Meyer zu Natrup, Asisa Volz
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Severe respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus, in a patient transferred to the United Kingdom from the Middle East, September 2012 [PDF]

, 2012
Coronaviruses have the potential to cause severe transmissible human disease, as demonstrated by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2003.
Aarons, E., Bermingham, A. (Alison), Boddington, N.L., Brown, C.S., Brown, K.E. (Kevin), Chand, M.A., Drosten, C. (Christian), Fouchier, R.A.M. (Ron), Galiano, M. (Monica), Gopal, R. (Robin), Green, H.K., Hoschler, K., Langrish, C., Myers, R.H. (Richard), Newsholme, W., Pebody, R.G., Price, N., Tong, C., Zambon, M.C. (Maria)   +18 more
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Emerging respiratory viral infections: MERS-CoV and influenza [PDF]

, 2014
This article is made available for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source.
Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A., Memish, Ziad A.
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Rethinking Perioperative Corticosteroids in Esophageal Cancer Surgery: Evidence From an Integrative Meta‐Analysis

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Esophagectomy remains a highly invasive procedure associated with substantial postoperative morbidity. Pulmonary complications, anastomotic leakage, and in‐hospital mortality are of particular concern. Perioperative corticosteroids are often administered to attenuate excessive inflammatory responses; however, the clinical impact in ...
Tomohiko Yasuda, Akihisa Matsuda, Nobutoshi Hagiwara, Yoshiharu Nakamura, Hiroshi Yoshida   +4 more
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Lack of Susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 and MERS-CoV in Poultry

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
We challenged chickens, turkeys, ducks, quail, and geese with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 or Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. We observed no disease and detected no virus replication and no serum antibodies.
David L. Suarez, Mary J. Pantin-Jackwood, David E. Swayne, Scott A. Lee, Suzanne M. DeBlois, Erica Spackman   +5 more
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Descriptive Epidemiology From the Myhre Syndrome Foundation Registry: The Value of Self‐Reported Data

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myhre syndrome is an ultrarare genetic disease characterized by short stature, distinct craniofacial features, cardiovascular and respiratory fibrosis and stenosis, neurodevelopmental delays, autism, intellectual disability, and hearing loss. The natural history of Myhre syndrome is still not fully understood due to a small patient population ...
Mary K. Young, Armelle Pindon, Maggie R. Brand, Kate Wears, Katherine H. Young, Alyssa Mendel, Michael J. Lyons   +6 more
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Estimation of Severe Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Cases in the Middle East, 2012–2016

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016
Using data from travelers to 4 countries in the Middle East, we estimated 3,250 (95% CI 1,300–6,600) severe cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome occurred in this region during September 2012–January 2016.
Justin J. O’Hagan, Cristina Carias, Jessica M. Rudd, Huong T. Pham, Yonat Haber, Nicki Pesik, Martin S. Cetron, Manoj Gambhir, Susan I. Gerber, David L. Swerdlow   +9 more
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Crystal structure of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus helicase. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2017
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) remains a threat to public health worldwide; however, effective vaccine or drug against CoVs remains unavailable. CoV helicase is one of the three evolutionary most conserved proteins in nidoviruses,
Wei Hao, Justyna Aleksandra Wojdyla, Rong Zhao, Ruiyun Han, Rajat Das, Ivan Zlatev, Muthiah Manoharan, Meitian Wang, Sheng Cui   +8 more
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Super-spreading Events and Contribution to Transmission of MERS, SARS, and COVID-19 [PDF]

, 2020
There is no clear definition for the term ‘super-spreader’ or ‘super-spreading event’. The World Health Organization refers to a super-spreader as a patient (or an event) that may transmit infection to a larger number of individuals than is usual by one ...
Al-Tawfiq, Jaffar A., Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.   +1 more
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