Two years ago, on 23 April 2012, media reported a cluster of severe respiratory infection in a hospital in Jordan [1]. Only several months later did it become evident that this was the first known occurrence of the new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) that since then continues to puzzle scientists and public health experts alike.
As of 23 April 2014, 345 people have been reported infected, and of those 107 have died [2]. Most cases occurred in Saudi Arabia (SA) and to a lesser extent in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), still further 11 countries in Europe, Asia and North Africa have reported cases linked to the Arabian peninsula. Few clusters and cases were noted in the second half of 2012, and the epidemic has been stable at low levels in 2013,
with about 15 cases notified monthly (Figure). This has changed dramatically over the past weeks when we faced an unprecedented increase in cases and community transmission as well as transmission in hospital settings.
In the past weeks, MERS-CoV cases imported to Jordan, Malaysia and the Philippines, have reminded us of the risk of seeing cases among expatriate residents in the Arabian Peninsula visiting their home countries or among travellers returning from SA. In this issue of Euro sur ve ill ance, Tsiodras et al. report about the public health response to a MERS-CoV infection in a Greek national residing in SA who was diagnosed in Greece upon returning from SA [3]. The patient initially presented with fever and diarrhoea, possibly indicating
Two years ago, on 23 April 2012, media reported a cluster of severe respiratory infection in a hospital in Jordan [1]. Only several months later did it become evident that this was the first known occurrence of the new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) that since then continues to puzzle scientists and public health experts alike.
As of 23 April 2014, 345 people have been reported infected, and of those 107 have died [2]. Most cases occurred in Saudi Arabia (SA) and to a lesser extent in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), still further 11 countries in Europe, Asia and North Africa have reported cases linked to the Arabian peninsula. Few clusters and cases were noted in the second half of 2012, and the epidemic has been stable at low levels in 2013,
with about 15 cases notified monthly (Figure). This has changed dramatically over the past weeks when we faced an unprecedented increase in cases and community transmission as well as transmission in hospital settings.
In the past weeks, MERS-CoV cases imported to Jordan, Malaysia and the Philippines, have reminded us of the risk of seeing cases among expatriate residents in the Arabian Peninsula visiting their home countries or among travellers returning from SA. In this issue of Euro sur ve ill ance, Tsiodras et al. report about the public health response to a MERS-CoV infection in a Greek national residing in SA who was diagnosed in Greece upon returning from SA [3]. The patient initially presented with fever and diarrhoea, possibly indicating
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