Emergence of MERS-CoV in the Middle East: origins, transmission, treatment, and perspectives

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Ahmad Sharif-Yakan et al. PLoS Pathog. 2014.

. 2014 Dec 4;10(12):e1004457.

doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004457. eCollection 2014 Dec.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine-Division of Infectious Diseases, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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