Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus [koronavirus MERS]
- Terms
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Merbecovirus
MERS-CoV
virus MERS
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Merbecovirus
MERS Virus
MERS-CoV
Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
A coronavirus first reported in the summer of 2012 in a pneumonia patient in SAUDI ARABIA. It is related to SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME-RELATED CORONAVIRUS. MERS-CoV has an estimated incubation period of 12 days and symptoms include renal failure and severe acute pneumonia with often fatal outcome.
- Annotation
- infection: coordinate with MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME see CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS
- DUI
- D065207 MeSH Browser
- CUI
- M0588347
- Previous indexing
- Coronavirus (2013-2014)
- History note
- 2015
- Public note
- 2015
Allowable subheadings
- CH
- chemistry
- CL
- classification 1
- DE
- drug effects 3
- EN
- enzymology
- GE
- genetics
- GD
- growth & development 1
- IM
- immunology 1
- IP
- isolation & purification 6
- ME
- metabolism
- PY
- pathogenicity 6
- PH
- physiology
- RE
- radiation effects
- UL
- ultrastructure
FP1 peptide, MERS-CoV Chemical MeSH Browser