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Review
. 2018 Feb;23(2):130-137.
doi: 10.1111/resp.13196. Epub 2017 Oct 20.

MERS, SARS and other coronaviruses as causes of pneumonia

Yudong Yin  1 , Richard G Wunderink  2
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Review

MERS, SARS and other coronaviruses as causes of pneumonia

Yudong Yin et al. Respirology. 2018 Feb.

Abstract

Human coronaviruses (HCoVs) have been considered to be relatively harmless respiratory pathogens in the past. However, after the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and emergence of the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), HCoVs have received worldwide attention as important pathogens in respiratory tract infection. This review focuses on the epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical characteristics among SARS-coronaviruses (CoV), MERS-CoV and other HCoV infections.

Keywords: Middle East respiratory syndrome; human coronaviruses; pneumonia; severe acute respiratory syndrome.

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