title: Calling for rapid development of a safe and effective MERS vaccine.
abstract: The geographic spread and rapid increase in the cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) caused by a novel coronavirus (MERS-CoV) during the past two months have raised concern about its pandemic potential. Here we call for the rapid development of an effective and safe MERS vaccine to control the spread of MERS-CoV.
authors.affiliation: Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: hotez@bcm.edu.
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hotez
authors.affiliation: Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Maria Elena
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bottazzi
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Chien-Te K
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Tseng
authors.affiliation: Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhan
authors.affiliation: Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, 310 East 67th Street, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lustigman
authors.affiliation: Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, 310 East 67th Street, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Lanying
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Du
authors.affiliation: Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, 310 East 67th Street, New York, NY, USA; Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of MOE/MOH, Shanghai Medical College and Institute of Medical Microbiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Electronic address: shibojiang@fudan.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Shibo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D065207:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / Q000276:immunology*; D058873:Pandemics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins; D014765:Viral Vaccines
keywords: Coronavirus; MERS-CoV; Receptor; Receptor-binding domain; Vaccine