Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: another zoonotic betacoronavirus causing SARS-like disease.

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Published in Clin Microbiol Rev on April 01, 2015

Authors

Jasper F W Chan1, Susanna K P Lau1, Kelvin K W To1, Vincent C C Cheng2, Patrick C Y Woo1, Kwok-Yung Yuen3

Author Affiliations

1: State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
2: Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
3: State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Research Centre of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China Carol Yu Centre for Infection, Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China kyyuen@hku.hk.

Associated clinical trials:

Sequential Oxygen Therapy Strategy for Patients With COVID-19 (SOTSPC) | NCT04312100

Primary Prevention of Infection by COVID-19 in Health Providers (PI-Covid-19) | NCT04420260

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