Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

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Saturday, June 22, 2013

Saudi MERS outbreak showed SARS-like features

A long-awaited report on a large and possibly still ongoing outbreak of MERS coronavirus in Saudi Arabia reveals the virus spreads easily within hospitals, at one point passing in a person-to-person chain that encompassed at least five generations of spread.
The study, co-written by Toronto SARS expert Dr. Allison McGeer, also hints there may have been a superspreader in this outbreak, with one person infecting at least seven others.
 
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Saudi MERS outbreak showed SARS-like features, including possible superspreader



















Source: 680 News

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