The emerging novel Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: The "knowns" and "unknowns"

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 112, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 372-381

  Chan, Jasper Fuk Woo ^a,b   Lau, Susanna Kar Pui ^a,b   Woo, Patrick Chiu Yat ^a,b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; EMC; Human; Middle East; SARS

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; RIBAVIRIN; VACCINE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AFRICA; CAMEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FATALITY; GOAT; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NATURAL HOST; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESERVOIR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SHEEP; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

CORONAVIRUS; EMC; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; SARS;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CORONAVIRIDAE; CORONAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 84881551712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2013.05.010     Document Type: Review

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