Selected article for: "MERS cov and rapid development"

Author: Widagdo, W.; Okba, Nisreen M.A.; Stalin Raj, V.; Haagmans, Bart L.
Title: MERS-coronavirus: From discovery to intervention
  • Document date: 2016_12_23
  • ID: 3uyuwzyr_2
    Snippet: 2. The discovery of the virus and the subsequent rapid development of diagnostics When MERS patients are admitted to hospitals their clinical symptoms mostly include fever, cough, expectoration and shortness of breath [1, 6] . Ground glass opacities and consolidation in the lungs are commonly reported in chest radiographs or computed tomography scans [7] . However, these characteristics overlap with other lower respiratory tract infections and ar.....
    Document: 2. The discovery of the virus and the subsequent rapid development of diagnostics When MERS patients are admitted to hospitals their clinical symptoms mostly include fever, cough, expectoration and shortness of breath [1, 6] . Ground glass opacities and consolidation in the lungs are commonly reported in chest radiographs or computed tomography scans [7] . However, these characteristics overlap with other lower respiratory tract infections and are not pathognomonic for MERS-CoV, indicating the need to develop laboratory-based diagnostic assays with high sensitivity and specificity.

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