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MERS-CoV infection without disease: When the coalmine has no canary

Posted onJanuary 2, 2019January 11, 2019

Infection by viruses including the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) does not always result in obvious sickness. MERS-CoV infection without disease may simply reflect that a healthy human’s immune Read More …

CategoriesMERS-CoVTagsasymptomatic, MERS, MERS-CoV, Review, transmission

The MERS CoV receptor and areas for new research….

Posted onOctober 12, 2017October 27, 2017

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a respiratory disease of humans. The receptor for the causative coronavirus (CoV) is called dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4). DPP4 has a wide tissue distribution and Read More …

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsDPP4, MERS, MERS-CoV, receptor

MERS CoV accessory proteins interfere with interferon…

Posted onOctober 2, 2017October 27, 2017

This concept (see the paper adjacent and others [6,7]) is not news in the world of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), but it’s interesting to remember in light of Read More …

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsaccessory proteins, Africa, camels, Egypt, innate, Kenya, MERS, Middle East respiratory syndrome

MERS-CoV detection but not disease…

Posted onSeptember 18, 2017January 2, 2019

Infection but not sickness Asymptomatic infections are those where we can detect the virus using reliable laboratory methods, but the infected person doesn’t show any signs or symptoms of a Read More …

CategoriesMERS-CoVTagsantibody, asymptomatic, MERS, MERS-CoV, serology, transmission

The found113….

Posted onSeptember 10, 2017

Back in May of 2016 I received a surprise set of deidentified Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) data. It was a list of the “found113”. This is a very delayed Read More …

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsepidemic, epidemiology, found113, MERS, public data

MERS snapdate…

Posted onSeptember 5, 2017September 5, 2017

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CategoriesUncategorizedTagsMERS, MERS-CoV, snapdate

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