Virus variability, dopey data and insufficient infection control do not support the theory that bioterrorism is behind the ongoing MERS-CoV outbreak.

A collaborative note from (alphabetically): @influenza_bio, @MackayIM, @maiamajumder, @neva925, @stgoldst, @kat_ardenIn an unusual twist to the ever-entertaining Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) narrative, a new study has been published(1,2) that calls...

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Ain't no thing like MERS-CoV, 'cept MERS-CoV...

Probably little obscure if you haven't been fanatically watching every Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer for the past year and a half-but I guess I just like to make you work for it.What follows tonight (my time) are some further additions to what has become the saga of whether the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is not a naturally circulating virus, but in fact an engineered...

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Where has all the MERS-CoV action been...?

Sorry but no prizes to be awarded here....the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is where nearly 90% of all laboratory-confirmed detections of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have originated from, as best we can tell. This is based on data sourced from the World Health Organization,...

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Ebola West Africa numbers in context...[AMENDED]

A quick glance at how the suspect, probable and laboratory confirmed (susp/prob/conf) cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) stack up in the 3 countries with local spread of Zaire ebolavirus.Please note that I have separated Guinea-2014, Sierra Leone-2014 and Liberia...

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