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
 
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 - drug effects 3
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 - isolation & purification 6
 - ME
 - metabolism
 - PY
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 - physiology
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FP1 peptide, MERS-CoV Chemical MeSH Browser