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The virus, which is carried by mosquitoes and birds, caused outbreaks of infection in North Africa and the Middle East in the 1950s and by the 1960s horses in Europe were also affected. The largest outbreak in humans occurred in 1974 in Cape Province , South Africa and 10,000 people became ill. [ 280 ]
The patient who had contracted the virus was from the Middle East and was referred to the RITM on 4 July 2015. Another person, who was also showing symptoms, was placed in isolation after he had close contact with the said patient; [45] eight others, who also had had contact with the patient, were identified. DOH took steps to track all the ...
The so-called "hepatoencephalitis group of murine viruses" [20] were grouped into a single species named Mouse hepatitis virus, as approved in 1971. The species was merged with Rat coronavirus (discovered in 1970 [ 23 ] ) and Puffinosis coronavirus (discovered in 1982 [ 59 ] ) as Murine coronavirus in 2009.
Viruses were expected to be small, but the range of sizes came as a surprise. Some were only a little smaller than the smallest known bacteria, and the smaller viruses were of similar sizes to complex organic molecules. [14] In 1935, Wendell Stanley examined the tobacco mosaic virus and found it was mostly made of protein. [15]
Betacoronavirus cameli [1] (also known as Middle East respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus abbreviated as MERS-CoV), [2] or EMC/2012 (HCoV-EMC/2012), is the virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS). [3] [4] It is a species of coronavirus which infects humans, bats, and camels. [5]
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory infection caused by Middle East respiratory syndrome–related coronavirus (MERS-CoV). [1] Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe depending on age and risk level. [6] [1] Typical symptoms include fever, cough, diarrhea, and shortness of breath. [1]
Middle East respiratory syndrome / MERS-CoV: 941 (as of 8 May 2021) [273] [274] 2013 dengue outbreak in Singapore: 2013 Singapore: Dengue fever: 8 2013 Vietnam measles outbreak 2013–2014 Vietnam: Measles: 142 [275] Western African Ebola virus epidemic: 2013–2016 Worldwide, primarily concentrated in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone: Ebola: 11,323+
Viruses were grouped according to their shared properties ... and Middle East respiratory syndrome ... The first synthetic virus was created in 2002. ...