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Please cite this article in press as: Senga M, et al. Clinical spectrum of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). J Infect Public Health (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2016.04.008 ARTICLE IN PRESS JIPH-573; No. of Pages 4 Journal of Infection and Public Health (2016) xxx, xxx—xxx Clinical spectrum of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Mikiko Senga a,∗, Yaseen M. Arabi b,c,d, Robert A. Fowler e,f a Department of Pandemic and Epidemic Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland b Intensive Care Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia c King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia d King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia e Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada f Department of Critical Care Medicine and Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, Toronto, Canada Received 29 March 2016; accepted 2 April 2016 Introduction Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was first recognized as a cause of severe acute respiratory infection in the King- dom of Saudi Arabia in 2012. As of February 2, 2016, 1638 laboratory-confirmed cases have been reported to the World Health Organization, including at least 587 deaths [1]. While MERS- CoV has affected 26 countries, the majority of cases have been reported in the Middle East [2]. Transmission has most commonly been associated with nosocomial outbreaks [3—7] and is occa- sionally due to animal-to-human (most commonly ∗ Corresponding author at: Department of Pandemic and Epi- demic Diseases, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 22 791 3964; fax: +41 22 791 4878. E-mail address:

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