I had never heard of this term before. I came across it when reading recent spread of Ebola virus. The MERS virus is considered a deadlier but less-transmissible cousin of the SARS virus. Experts are still struggling to understand the disease, for which there is no known vaccine. A study has said the virus has been "extraordinarily common" in camels for at least 20 years, and may have been passed directly from the animals to humans. The MERS death toll in Saudi rises to 66.
- MERS fears prompt ER closure at Saudi hospital
- Saudi MERS death toll rises to 66
- Johor man dies of Mers virus; first reported case of death in Asia
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