Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Publication

MERS

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What i s Mi ddl eEas t Res pi r at or ySyndr ome Mi ddl eEas t Res pi r at or ySyndr ome( MERS)i s ar es pi r at or yi l l nes s .

I t i scaus edbyav i r us cal l edMi ddl eEas t Res pi r at or ySyndr ome Cor onav i r us , orMERS-CoV. T hi sv i r uswasf i r s t r epor t edi n2 01 2i nSaudi Ar abi a.

I t i sdi f f er ent f r omanyot hercor onav i r us es t hat hav ebeenf oundi npeopl ebef or e.

About 3t o4out ofev er y1 0pat i ent sr epor t ed wi t hMERShav edi ed.

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•f ev er • cough •s hor t nes sofbr eat h • Somepeopl eal s ohadgas t r oi nt es t i nal s ympt omsi ncl udi ngdi ar r heaandnaus ea/ v omi t i ng

Sour ceofMERS MERS-CoVl i k el ycamef r oman ani mal s our cei nt heAr abi anPeni ns ul a.

I naddi t i ont ohumans , MERS-CoV hasbeenf oundi ncamel si ns ev er al count r i es .

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Sympt omsofMERS

T r ans mi s s i on

MERS-CoV,l i k eot hercor onav i r us es ,i s t hought t os pr eadf r omani nf ect edper s on’ sr es pi r at or ys ecr et i ons , s uchast hr oughcoughi ng.

Howev er ,t hepr eci s ewayst hev i r uss pr eadsar enot cur r ent l ywel l under s t ood.

MERS-CoVhass pr eadf r om i l lpeopl et oot her s t hr oughcl os econt act , s uchascar i ngf or or l i v i ng wi t hani nf ect edper s on.I nf ect edpeopl ehav e s pr eadMERS-CoVt oot her si nheal t hcar es et t i ngs , s uchashos pi t al s .

I ti sal s opos s i bl et hats omepeopl ebecamei nf ect edaf t erhav i ngcont act wi t hcamel s .

St at i s t i csabout MERS

Si nceSept ember2 01 2, WHOhasbeennot i f i edof -226ol abor at or y-conf i r medcas esofi nf ect i on wi t hMERS-CoVand8 0 3MERS-CoVas s oci at ed deat hshav eoccur r eds i nceSept ember2 01 2 -Si nceSept ember2 01 2, 2 7count r i eshav e r epor t edcas esofMERS-CoV.

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Pr ev ent i onandT r eat ment

Cur r ent l y, Nov acci neor s peci f i ct r eat ment i scur r ent l yav ai l abl e.

T r eat ment i ss uppor t i v eandbas edont hepat i ent ’ scl i ni cal condi t i on.

I ndi v i dual swi t hMERScans eekmedi cal car et o hel pr el i ev es ympt oms .

F or s ev er ecas es , cur r ent t r eat menti ncl udescar et os uppor tv i t alor gan f unct i ons .

•T he cons umpt i on ofr aw orunder cook ed ani mal pr oduct s , i ncl udi ngmi l kandmeat , car r i es ahi ghr i s kof i nf ect i onf r omav ar i et yof or gani s ms t hat mi ght caus edi s eas ei nhumans .

Ani mal pr oduct st hatar epr oces s edappr opr i at el yt hr ough cook i ngorpas t eur i z at i onar es af ef orcons umpt i on,buts houl dal s obehandl edwi t hcar et o

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Pr ev ent i onandT r eat ment

• Was h yourhandsof t en wi t hs oap andwat erf or2 0s econds ,andhel pyoungchi l dr endot hes ame.

I f s oapandwat er ar enot av ai l abl e, us eanal cohol -bas edhands ani t i z er .

• Cov eryournos eandmout hwi t hat i s s uewhen youcoughors neez e,t hent hr owt het i s s uei nt he t r as h.

• Av oi dt ouchi ngyoureyes ,nos eandmout h wi t hunwas hedhands .

• Av oi dper s onalcont act ,s uchask i s s i ng,or s har i ngcupsoreat i ngut ens i l s , wi t hs i ckpeopl e.

• Cl eananddi s i nf ect f r equent l yt oucheds ur f acesandobj ect s , s uchasdoor k nobs .

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