MERS-CoV [to 21 November 2015]

Global Alert and Response (GAR) – Disease Outbreak News (DONs)
:: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Saudi Arabia
13 November 2015
Between 26 October and 1 November 2015, the National IHR Focal Point for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia notified WHO of 7 additional cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection, including 1 death…

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IVI [to 21 November 2015]
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MERS-CoV Vaccine Development Workshop in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 14-15, 2015
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IVI is co-organizer of a MERS-CoV vaccine development workshop with the Saudi Ministry of Health and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology from Nov. 14-15 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The two-day international workshop will survey the work done so far on MERS-CoV vaccines and will bring together industry, academia, governments and research institutes to discuss coordinated approaches in MERS-CoV vaccine development. More information: http://saudigazette.com.sa/saudi-arabia/global-experts-to-address-coronavirus-conference
The workshop follows a MERS-CoV symposium organized by IVI and Shinil in Seoul, Korea on Sept. 10. IVI recently began an initiative to develop MERS-CoV vaccines with support from Samsung Medical Center.