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... > Viruses > RNA Viruses > Positive-Strand RNA Viruses > Nidovirales > Coronaviridae > Coronavirus > Betacoronavirus > Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

Preferred term

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A coronavirus first reported in the summer of 2012 in a pneumonia patient in SAUDI ARABIA. It is related to SARS VIRUS. MERS-CoV has an estimated incubation period of 12 days and symptoms include renal failure and severe acute pneumonia with often fatal outcome.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • MERS-CoV
  • MERS Virus
  • Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
  • txid1335626

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-TRWCSKBR-D

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