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Robert Roos writing for CIDRAP News this evening has the story on today’s MERS-CoV summary from the World Health Organization that indicates they believe that zoonotic spillover of the virus – and human-to-human transmission – are likely contributing to the ongoing spread of the MERS Coronavirus.
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WHO: Humans, animals both likely fueling MERS spread
Nov 22, 2013
The World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report today that the continuing outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases is probably being sustained, as some researchers have suggested, by a combination of human-to-human transmission and spillover from animals or other non-human sources—not one or the other.
In its latest summary and literature update, the WHO also agreed that many MERS-CoV cases are probably going undetected and warned that this poses a risk of further outbreaks in hospitals.
Nov 22 WHO MERS summary and literature update
