One In Five MERS Cases Likely Fatal

Pulmonary Medicine Blog By Dr Deepu
Bloomberg News (6/26, Gale, Khan) reports that researchers in Hong Kong found that the MERS outbreak in South Korea “was fanned by three ‘superspreaders’ and followed a pattern of transmission similar to the SARS epidemic more than a decade ago.” According to the lead investigator of the study, approximately one in five MERS cases will likely be fatal.

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