Open AccessMiddle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) — Surveillance and testing in North England from 2012 to 2019
Author(s) -
Hamzah Z. Farooq,
Emma Davies,
Shazaad Ahmad,
Nicholas Machin,
Louise Hesketh,
Malcolm Guiver,
Andrew Turner
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.01.043
Subject(s) - middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus , sputum , medicine , virology , middle east respiratory syndrome , respiratory system , pathogen , coronavirus , covid-19 , immunology , tuberculosis , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) emerged in Saudi Arabia in 2012 and caused an epidemic in the Middle East. Public Health England (PHE) Manchester is one of the two PHE centres in the UK that perform testing for MERS-CoV. The results of the PHE Manchester MERS surveillance from 2012 to 2019 are presented in this report.
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