MERS (jul 8, 2012 – sep 28, 2018)
Description:
-Is a viral respitory infection
-part of the coronavirus family
-Also known as camel flu
-Symptoms include fever, cough, diarrhea and shortness of breath
-Spread through close contact from person to person
-No vaccine or treatment for thee disease
-Just under 2000 cases as of 2017 (who.int)
-36% fatality rate
-Comes from camel or bat and is zoonotic
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