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CDC Summary 21 MAR 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/summary.html This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated information and guidance as it becomes available. Updated March 21, 2020 CDC is responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-pers...
How many states in the U.S. have reported cases of COVID-19?
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CDC Summary 21 MAR 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/summary.html This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated information and guidance as it becomes available. Updated March 21, 2020 CDC is responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-pers...
When did the White House launch the "15 Days to Slow the Spread" program?
{ "answer_start": [ 1750 ], "text": [ "March 16" ] }
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CDC Summary 21 MAR 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/summary.html This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated information and guidance as it becomes available. Updated March 21, 2020 CDC is responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-pers...
What should mildly-ill patients do?
{ "answer_start": [ 3493 ], "text": [ "isolate at home during their illness" ] }
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CDC Summary 21 MAR 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/summary.html This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated information and guidance as it becomes available. Updated March 21, 2020 CDC is responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-pers...
What type of virus is SARS-CoV-2?
{ "answer_start": [ 4258 ], "text": [ "betacoronavirus" ] }
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CDC Summary 21 MAR 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/summary.html This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated information and guidance as it becomes available. Updated March 21, 2020 CDC is responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-pers...
What viruses are similar to the COVID-19 coronavirus?
{ "answer_start": [ 4280 ], "text": [ "MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV." ] }
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CDC Summary 21 MAR 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/summary.html This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated information and guidance as it becomes available. Updated March 21, 2020 CDC is responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-pers...
What are the phases of a pandemic?
{ "answer_start": [ 7253 ], "text": [ "investigation phase, followed by recognition, initiation, and acceleration phases" ] }
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CDC Summary 21 MAR 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/summary.html This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated information and guidance as it becomes available. Updated March 21, 2020 CDC is responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-pers...
At which phase does the peak of the pandemic occur?
{ "answer_start": [ 7365 ], "text": [ "at the end of the acceleration phase" ] }
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CDC Summary 21 MAR 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/summary.html This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated information and guidance as it becomes available. Updated March 21, 2020 CDC is responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-pers...
People with which medical conditions have a higher rate of severe illness?
{ "answer_start": [ 9476 ], "text": [ "People who have serious chronic medical conditions like:\nHeart disease\nDiabetes\nLung disease" ] }
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CDC Summary 21 MAR 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/summary.html This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated information and guidance as it becomes available. Updated March 21, 2020 CDC is responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-pers...
What kind of test can diagnose COVID-19?
{ "answer_start": [ 13059 ], "text": [ "rRT-PCR test" ] }
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CDC Summary 21 MAR 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/summary.html This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated information and guidance as it becomes available. Updated March 21, 2020 CDC is responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-pers...
In what species did the COVID-19 virus likely originate?
{ "answer_start": [ 4352 ], "text": [ "bats" ] }
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CDC Summary 21 MAR 2020, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/summary.html This is a rapidly evolving situation and CDC will provide updated information and guidance as it becomes available. Updated March 21, 2020 CDC is responding to a pandemic of respiratory disease spreading from person-to-pers...
What risk factors should be considered in addition to clinical symptoms?
{ "answer_start": [ 2381 ], "text": [ "Does the patient have recent travel from an affected area?\nHas the patient been in close contact with someone with COVID-19 or with patients with pneumonia of unknown cause?\nDoes the patient reside in an area where there has been community spread of COVID-19?" ] ...
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Identifying Locations with Possible Undetected Imported Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Cases by Using Importation Predictions, https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0250_article Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020 Research Pablo Martinez De Salazar1Comments to Author , René Niehus, Aimee Taylor1, Caroli...
What is the acronym SARS-CoV-2?
{ "answer_start": [ 524 ], "text": [ "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 " ] }
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Identifying Locations with Possible Undetected Imported Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Cases by Using Importation Predictions, https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0250_article Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020 Research Pablo Martinez De Salazar1Comments to Author , René Niehus, Aimee Taylor1, Caroli...
When was SARS-CoV-2 first identified?
{ "answer_start": [ 1428 ], "text": [ "December 2019" ] }
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Identifying Locations with Possible Undetected Imported Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Cases by Using Importation Predictions, https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0250_article Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020 Research Pablo Martinez De Salazar1Comments to Author , René Niehus, Aimee Taylor1, Caroli...
Where was SARS-CoV-2 first identified?
{ "answer_start": [ 1457 ], "text": [ "Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province, China" ] }
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Identifying Locations with Possible Undetected Imported Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Cases by Using Importation Predictions, https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0250_article Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020 Research Pablo Martinez De Salazar1Comments to Author , René Niehus, Aimee Taylor1, Caroli...
What factor positively correlates with imported-and-reported cases counts of SARS-CoV-2 infection?
{ "answer_start": [ 11044 ], "text": [ "daily air travel volume" ] }
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Identifying Locations with Possible Undetected Imported Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Cases by Using Importation Predictions, https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0250_article Volume 26, Number 7—July 2020 Research Pablo Martinez De Salazar1Comments to Author , René Niehus, Aimee Taylor1, Caroli...
What is the doubling time of the COVID-19 pandemic?
{ "answer_start": [ 1747 ], "text": [ "≈6 days" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
When did the first known cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) occur?
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
Where did the first known cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) occur?
{ "answer_start": [ 422 ], "text": [ "in Jordan" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
Where was the the case first to be publicly reported was from ?
{ "answer_start": [ 515 ], "text": [ "Jeddah, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
In what animals MERS-CoV sequences have been found ?
{ "answer_start": [ 608 ], "text": [ "in a bat and in many dromedary camels (DC)." ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
Where is MERS-CoV is enzootic in DC?
{ "answer_start": [ 679 ], "text": [ "across the Arabian Peninsula and in parts of Africa" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What does MERS-COV cause?
{ "answer_start": [ 739 ], "text": [ " mild upper respiratory tract illness in its camel reservoir and sporadic, but relatively rare human infections." ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
Precisely how does the virus transmit to humans?
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What appears to be a requirement for transmission?
{ "answer_start": [ 912 ], "text": [ "close and lengthy exposure" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is a focal point of MERS?
{ "answer_start": [ 968 ], "text": [ "The KSA " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is MERS mostly known as?
{ "answer_start": [ 1075 ], "text": [ "lower respiratory tract (LRT) disease " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What does the MERS LRT disease involve?
{ "answer_start": [ 1123 ], "text": [ "fever, cough, breathing difficulties and pneumonia that may progress to acute respiratory distress syndrome, multiorgan failure and death in 20 % to 40 % of those infected. " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
Where else MERS-COV has also been detected?
{ "answer_start": [ 1336 ], "text": [ " in mild and influenza-like illnesses and in those with no signs or symptoms." ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
Who suffers severe diseases from MERS?
{ "answer_start": [ 1414 ], "text": [ "Older males" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
Compared to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and another sometimes- fatal zoonotic coronavirus disease, how does MERS affect the patients?
{ "answer_start": [ 1643 ], "text": [ "MERS progresses more rapidly to respiratory failure and acute kidney injury (it also has an affinity for growth in kidney cells under laboratory conditions), is more frequently reported in patients with underlying disease and is more often fatal." ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
To what have most human cases of MERS been linked?
{ "answer_start": [ 1932 ], "text": [ "to lapses in infection prevention and control (IPC) in healthcare settings" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
Among whom 20% of the virus detection are reported?
{ "answer_start": [ 2064 ], "text": [ " among healthcare workers (HCWs) and higher exposures in those with occupations that bring them into close contact with camels. " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What have sero-surveys of MERS virus found?
{ "answer_start": [ 2216 ], "text": [ "widespread evidence of past infection in adult camels and limited past exposure among humans." ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
How was the first culture of the new Coronavirus announced?
{ "answer_start": [ 2831 ], "text": [ "An email from Dr Ali Mohamed Zaki, an Egyptian virologist working at the Dr Soliman Fakeeh Hospital in Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA)" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
Where was the Email published?
{ "answer_start": [ 3065 ], "text": [ "on the website of the professional emerging diseases (ProMED) network" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
When was the Email published?
{ "answer_start": [ 3138 ], "text": [ "20 th September 2012 " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
Whose was the first reported case?
{ "answer_start": [ 3211 ], "text": [ "a 60 year old man from Bisha in the KSA" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
How many viral RNA or virus-specific antibodies been detected?
{ "answer_start": [ 3622 ], "text": [ "1,493" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is the death rate from MERS-COV?
{ "answer_start": [ 3788 ], "text": [ "over a third of the positive people dying (at least 527, 35 %)" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What did the discovery process over two to three years reveal?
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What does subsequent transmission of MERS-CoV to other humans require?
{ "answer_start": [ 4407 ], "text": [ " relatively close and prolonged exposure " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What would restrict access to both the virus and to viral diagnostics ?
{ "answer_start": [ 4456 ], "text": [ "The first viral isolate was patented " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
How was the virus then made freely available?
{ "answer_start": [ 4612 ], "text": [ " sensitive, validated reverse transcriptase real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-rtPCR)-based diagnostics were quickly described " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What has epidemiology and research identified the MERS-CoV's cell receptor is?
{ "answer_start": [ 4901 ], "text": [ "as exopeptidase dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP4; also called CD26)" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
How does MERS-CoV compare with SARS-CoV?
{ "answer_start": [ 5044 ], "text": [ "eliciting a more proinflammatory response than SARS-CoV" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
How does MERS-CoV compare with SARS-CoV?
{ "answer_start": [ 5174 ], "text": [ "MERS kills its human host more often than SARS did (20-40 % versus 9 % for SARS " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
How does MERS-CoV spread among people?
{ "answer_start": [ 5390 ], "text": [ "From intermittent animal-to-human spill-over events" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
Who gets more severe disease from MERS?
{ "answer_start": [ 5519 ], "text": [ "among older adults, especially males, with pre-existing diseases. " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is the spread of MERS-CoV among humans, associated with?
{ "answer_start": [ 5647 ], "text": [ "with outbreaks in hospitals, with around 20 % of all cases to date involving healthcare workers (HCWs)." ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What do the DCs suffer with MERS-CoV infection?
{ "answer_start": [ 5781 ], "text": [ " the equivalent of a 'common cold' from MERS-CoV infection," ] }
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What happens to humans infected by MERS-CoV virus?
{ "answer_start": [ 5851 ], "text": [ " the virus can be a more serious and opportunistic pathogen associated with the death of up to 40 % of reported cases." ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is the incubation period of MERS?
{ "answer_start": [ 6208 ], "text": [ " five to six days, ranging from two to 16 days" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is the duration between when illness begins in one person and subsequently spreads to another?
{ "answer_start": [ 6261 ], "text": [ "13 to 14 days" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is the median time to death in case of progressive illness?
{ "answer_start": [ 6441 ], "text": [ "11 to 13 days" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is the progression of symptoms to disease?
{ "answer_start": [ 6496 ], "text": [ "Fever and gastrointestinal symptoms may form a prodrome, after which symptoms decline, only to be followed by a more severe systemic and respiratory syndrome " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What did the later WHO definition of MERS clearly state?
{ "answer_start": [ 7331 ], "text": [ "a confirmed case included any person whose sample was RT-PCR positive for MERS-CoV, or who produced a seroconversion, irrespective of clinical signs and symptoms." ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What percentage of cases KSA has been a source of?
{ "answer_start": [ 8084 ], "text": [ " 79 % " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is severe MARS noted for?
{ "answer_start": [ 8133 ], "text": [ "its impact among older men with comorbid diseases including diabetes mellitus, cirrhosis and various lung, renal and cardiac conditions " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What symptoms appear among the confirmed cases of MERS?
{ "answer_start": [ 8418 ], "text": [ "fever, cough and upper respiratory tract (URT) signs and symptoms usually occur first, followed within a week by progressive LRT distress and lymphopaenia" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What do patients often present to a hospital with, in cases of MERS?
{ "answer_start": [ 8621 ], "text": [ " pneumonia" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What can MERS disease progress to?
{ "answer_start": [ 8732 ], "text": [ "acute respiratory distress syndrome and multiorgan system failure" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What percentage of all reported cases has MERS reportedly killed ?
{ "answer_start": [ 8845 ], "text": [ " 35 % " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What percentage of of all reported cases has MERS reportedly killed in KSA?
{ "answer_start": [ 8874 ], "text": [ "42 %" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What was mortality in South Korea from MERS disease?
{ "answer_start": [ 8955 ], "text": [ "ranged from 7 % among younger age groups to 40 % among those aged 60 years and above" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
Which are the preferred method for MERS-CoV detection?
{ "answer_start": [ 12007 ], "text": [ " PCR-based techniques " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What have become a key diagnostic and taxonomic target for CoV species identification?
{ "answer_start": [ 12079 ], "text": [ "The first open reading frames " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
Why it can be concluded that MERS-COV is a novel and distinct virus?
{ "answer_start": [ 12220 ], "text": [ " less than 80 % identity between the amino acid sequence of MERS ORF 1ab and betacoronavirus relatives, Tylonycteris bat HKU4 and Pipistrellus bat HKU5" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What indicates the likely presence of infectious virus?
{ "answer_start": [ 13491 ], "text": [ " Detection of viral proteins rather than viral RNA" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is the sensitivity with which immunochromatographic tool could detect recombinant MERS-CoV nucleocapsid protein?
{ "answer_start": [ 13726 ], "text": [ "94 %" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is the specificity with which immunochromatographic tool could detect recombinant MERS-CoV nucleocapsid protein?
{ "answer_start": [ 13747 ], "text": [ "100 % " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is a different approach for the detection?
{ "answer_start": [ 13821 ], "text": [ "monoclonal antibody-based capture ELISA targeting the MERS-CoV nucleocapsid protein" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is usual in serology testing?
{ "answer_start": [ 14326 ], "text": [ " to detect a viral footprint, in the form of antibodies" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
How have some sero-assays bypassed the risks of working with infectious virus?
{ "answer_start": [ 17683 ], "text": [ " by creating transfected cells expressing recombinant portions of the MERS-CoV nucleocapsid and spike proteins [" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
How have some sero-assays bypassed the risks of working with infectious virus?
{ "answer_start": [ 17808 ], "text": [ "using a recombinant lentivirus expressing MERS-CoV spike protein and luciferase" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is the detection of MERS-CoV infection using ELISA or S1 subunit protein microarray [84] is usually followed by?
{ "answer_start": [ 20337 ], "text": [ "by confirmatory IFA and/ or a plaque-reduction neutralization (PRNT) [69, 70, 85] or MNT test." ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What does the confirmatory process aim to ensure?
{ "answer_start": [ 20485 ], "text": [ "the antibodies detected are able to specifically neutralize the intended virus and are not more broadly reactive to other coronaviruses found in DCs (bovine CoV, BCoV) or humans (HCoV-OC43, HCoV-229E, HCoV-NL63, HCoV-HKU1, SARS-CoV)." ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
When does generally MERS infection does not trigger a detectable immune response?
{ "answer_start": [ 21425 ], "text": [ "if only mild disease or asymptomatic infection results" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
When does the WHO recommend samlinf from the LRT?
{ "answer_start": [ 22029 ], "text": [ " when sample collection is delayed by a week or more after onset of symptoms" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What do the recommended samples include?
{ "answer_start": [ 22787 ], "text": [ "are recommended when URT sampling is to be conducted" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What are recommended when URT sampling is to be conducted?
{ "answer_start": [ 22719 ], "text": [ " an oropharyngeal and throat swab or a nasopharyngeal aspirate/wash" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What paired sera are preferable?
{ "answer_start": [ 22859 ], "text": [ " collected two to three weeks apart" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
When is a single sample suggested to be sufficient?
{ "answer_start": [ 23122 ], "text": [ "Human urine and stool have been found to contain MERS-CoV RNA" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
How long human urine and stool have been found to contain MERS-CoV RNA?
{ "answer_start": [ 23184 ], "text": [ "12 to 26 days after symptom onset " ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What do individual studies report on viral shedding?
{ "answer_start": [ 25113 ], "text": [ " long periods of viral shedding, sometimes intermittently and not necessarily linked to the presence of disease symptoms." ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What fraction of MERS cases shed viral RNA in their LRT specimens (tracheal aspirates and sputum) ?
{ "answer_start": [ 25434 ], "text": [ "Over three quarters of" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
How long MERS cases shed viral RNA in their LRT specimens (tracheal aspirates and sputum)?
{ "answer_start": [ 25542 ], "text": [ "at least 30 days" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What percentage of contacts were still shedding RNA in their URT specimens?
{ "answer_start": [ 25571 ], "text": [ "30 %" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What samples returned the highest MERS viral load values?
{ "answer_start": [ 29725 ], "text": [ " the proportion of deaths among those infected with MERS-CoV is much higher than that known for the HCoVs NL63, HKU1, 229E or" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is NPA?
{ "answer_start": [ 25728 ], "text": [ " nasopharyngeal aspirates" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is NPA?
{ "answer_start": [ 25763 ], "text": [ "URT sample" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is BAL?
{ "answer_start": [ 22289 ], "text": [ "bronchoalveolar lavage" ] }
false
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is the the proportion of deaths among those infected with MERS-CoV?
{ "answer_start": [ 29785 ], "text": [ " is much higher than that known for the HCoVs NL63, HKU1, 229E or OC43" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What is the the proportion of deaths among those infected with MERS-CoV?
{ "answer_start": [ 29884 ], "text": [ " above that for SARS-CoV" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What has prevented worldwide spread of MERS-COV?
{ "answer_start": [ 29995 ], "text": [ "the low transmission rate" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What must be reported to the world organization for animal health as an emerging disease ?
{ "answer_start": [ 30299 ], "text": [ "animal MERS-CoV infections" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What are juvenile DCs more often positive for?
{ "answer_start": [ 38778 ], "text": [ "virus or viral RNA" ] }
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
What are older DCs are more likely to be positive for?
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
When does the camel calving season?
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
Why is there an increased risk to humans of spill-over during calving season?
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MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4687373/ SHA: f6fcf1a99cbd073c5821d1c4ffa3f2c6daf8ae29 Authors: Mackay, Ian M.; Arden, Katherine E. Date: 2015-12-22 DOI: 10.1186/s12985-015-0439-5 License: cc-by Abstract: The first known cases of Middle East ...
Which may be an occupational group with significantly higher incidence of seropositivity to MERS-CoV ?
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