The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Oct 2015 Volume 15 Number 10 p1115-1242
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/issue/current

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Editorial
MERS—an uncertain future
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(15)00324-2
Summary
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), caused by the MERS coronavirus, has taken something of a back seat to Ebola among emerging diseases, but following the outbreak in South Korea earlier this year and a recent upsurge in cases in Saudi Arabia the disease is again in the limelight. 3 years after MERS was first reported, WHO has recorded 1517 confirmed cases worldwide with 539 deaths, a case fatality rate of 36%. Risk factors for infection include being aged at least 50 years and having an underlying medical condition such as diabetes.