Animals in the home environment. Investigations for recent increases in respiratory disease activity in the community. This would include review of local hospital admission records and out patients records of selected general practitioners in the community where infection is thought to have been acquired.
Retrospective testing of stored specimens from patients with respiratory disease.
Retrospective testing of stored animal specimens from presence of MERS-Cov or antibodies.
Serological surveys of potentially exposed groups of individuals such as animal workers , market workers, health care workers, and office workers ( as a comparison group)