Are MERS cases in Saudi Arabia and the UAE linked to camel imports?

Special Guest writer: @influenza_biohttp://www.flickr.com/photos/xikita/48647105/in/photostream/CC BY 2.0Looking at the history of MERS coronavirus infections to date, many puzzling questions come to mind.Evidence of MERS infection has been detected in dromedary camels from Spain to Egypt to the Arabian...

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Ebola virus disease (EVD) West Africa: 24-June WHO-AFRO update...

Apart from something unexplained going on with the wording &/or numbers in the Sierra Leone portion of the report, the latest Disease Outbreak News (DON) from the World Health Organization (WHO) reports a continuing climb in the case numbers, particularly those from Sierra Leone.The cumulative totals of suspected/probable/...

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Snapdate: MERS-CoV around the world...

An update of the MERS-CoV-by-country graph shows that everything is pretty quiet globally, but some cases are still being added to the total thanks to the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Click on image to enlar...

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Ebola virus disease (EVD) West Africa update for 22-June, WHO-AFRO update...

[CHECK OUT TAB ALONG TOP FOR LATEST EBOLA NUMBERS]A new Disease Outbreak News has appeared. It shows that cases have risen by ~39 since the last report.Total suspected/probable/confirmed cases: 567Total suspected/probable/confirmed deaths: 350 (61.7%)Total lab confirmations: 385 (67.9% of 567)The cumulative totals of suspected/probable/...

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Snapdate: MERS-CoV in HCWs and those without symptoms

 Another quick chart update.This shows what has been happening with healthcare workers (HCWs; Figure 1.) and asymptomatic outcomes of MERS-CoV infection (Figure 2) over time, around the world.Figure 1. Healthcare workers shown accumulating over time (pink mountain; left-hand y-axis) and as...

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Snapdate: Charting up MERS-CoV numbers..

Another quick chart update.Nothing too drastic to add since cases have been infrequent over recent days (see previous post for recent dailies on this [1])Same caveats apply about the found113 (they are not included here [1]).Detections and fatal outcomes have slowed to a plateau.Next stop, Ramadan.Click...

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Snapdate: MERS-CoV by month..

An updated chart. [SNAPDATE'S are snap updates that don't have lots of detail and chat...although they almost always end up having lots of chat!]Unfortunately there are 23 deaths I cannot assign to cases previously announced and so they are not shown in this chart. As the new CCC...

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