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MERS(MiddleEast Respiratory Syndrome)
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MERS(MiddleEast Respiratory Syndrome) MERS is a viral disease which infect both human and animals especially found in SaudiArab,UAE and other neighbouring countries. MERS COV is a new memeber of Beta group of Coronavirus,Betacoronavirus. Group: Positive sense single stranded RNA Virus Order:Nidovirales Family:Coronaviridae Subfamily:Coronavirinae Genus:Betacoronavirus Specie:Betacoronavirus 1 History: First called Novel Coronavirus in 2012.It was first isolated from the sputum sample of a patient who was suffering from new flu in 2012. Origin: It was first reported in 2012 in Amman,Jordan in a hospital where the transmission of the disease wasH2H.Then later a 60year old patient who was suffering from pneumonia and kidney failure and died in Jeddah in later days.. Natural reservoirs: Research show that virus is related to Egyptian Tomb bat..Research by tje epidemiologists in columbia university in Newyork shows that virus found in bat is same...