Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus-pathophysiological axis and the current treatment strategies

• Main Authors: Alnuqaydan, Abdullah M., Almutary, Abdulmajeed G., Sukamaran, Arulmalar, Yang, Brian Tay Wei, Lee, Xiao Ting, Lim, Wei Xuan, Ng, Yee Min, Ibrahim, Rania, Darmarajan, Thiviya, Nanjappan, Satheeshkumar, Chellian, Jestin, Candasamy, Mayuren, Madheswaran, Thiagarajan, Sharma, Ankur, Dureja, Harish, Prasher, Parteek, Verma, Nitin, Kumar, Deepak, Palaniveloo, Kishneth, Bisht, Dheeraj, Gupta, Gaurav, Madan, Jyotsana R., Singh, Sachin Kumar, Jha, Niraj Kumar, Dua, Kamal, Chellappan, Dinesh Kumar
• Format: Article
• Published: Springer 2021
• Subjects: R Medicine; RA Public aspects of medicine; Theories of disease. Etiology. Pathogenesis; RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/34586/

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a lethal respiratory disease with its first case reported back in 2012 (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia). It is a novel, single-stranded, positive-sense RNA beta coronavirus (MERS-CoV) that was isolated from a patient who died from a severe respiratory illness. Later,...