Camelus dromedarius & Our State Public Health Lab

By |2017-02-10T09:50:12-07:00August 16th, 2013|General|

Last year, a new SARS-like virus called Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) broke out in Saudi Arabia. Since then, 94 cases of the very lethal disease have been reported by the World Health Organization (50% of the cases have been fatal).  All the cases have been on the Arabian Peninsula.  The virus causes severe [...]