MERS Coronavirus: An Emerging Zoonotic Virus

Affiliations

¹ Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA. lifang@umn.edu.
² Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, New York, NY 10065, USA. ldu@nybc.org.

Editorial

Fang Li et al. Viruses. 2019.

. 2019 Jul 19;11(7):663.

doi: 10.3390/v11070663.

¹ Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA. lifang@umn.edu.
² Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, New York, NY 10065, USA. ldu@nybc.org.

Abstract

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is an emerging virus that was first reported in humans in June 2012 [...].

We declare no competing interests.

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