title: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): challenges in identifying its source and controlling its spread.
abstract: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), a novel human coronavirus that caused outbreaks of a SARS-like illness in the Middle East, is now considered a threat to global public health. This review discusses the challenges in identifying the source of this fatal virus and developing effective and safe anti-MERS-CoV vaccines and therapeutics in order to control its spread and to combat any future pandemic.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Lanying
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Shibo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000453:epidemiology; D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods; D017934:Coronavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008877:Middle East / Q000453:epidemiology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology
keywords: Coronavirus; MERS-CoV; SARS-CoV; Source; Therapeutics; Vaccine