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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
Aka: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, MERS, MERS-CoV
- See Also
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- Background
- Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) first described in Saudi Arabia in 2012
- Epidemiology
- Cases in the U.S. (and other non-arabian countries are uncommon and seen only in travelers to arabian peninsula as of 7/2014)
- Countries on Arabian Peninsula in which primary outbreaks have occurred
- Saudi Arabia
- United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- Qatar
- Oman
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Yemen
- Lebanon
- Iran
- Findings
- Incubation Period: 14 days
- Prodromal non-specific symptoms
- Headache
- Chills
- Myalgias
- Nausea or Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Severe acute respiratory illness
- Fever
- Cough
- Shortness of Breath
- Labs
- rRT-PCR testing of lower respiratory tract specimen
- MERS-CoV Serology
- Diagnosis: Patient under investigation (PUI) for suspected MERS
- Fever AND
- Pneumonia or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome AND
- Exposure
- Travel to Arabian Peninsula within 14 days of symptom onset OR
- Close contact with symptomatic traveler to Arabian peninsula OR
- One of cluster of patients with severe acute respiratory illness OR
- Worked, visited or hospitalized in a healthcare facility on Arabian peninsula within 14 days of symptom onset
- Prognosis
- Mortality: 30%
- Resources
- CDC MERS general page
- http://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/
- CDC Interim guidelines
- http://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/interim-guidance.html