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Descriptor English: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Descriptor Spanish: Coronavirus del Síndrome Respiratorio de Oriente Medio
Descriptor coronavirus del síndrome respiratorio de Oriente Medio
Entry term(s) MERS virus
Merbecovirus
coronavirus causante del síndrome respiratorio de oriente medio
coronavirus relacionado con el síndrome respiratorio de Oriente Medio
virus MERS
Scope note: Coronavirus que se detectó por vez primera en un paciente con neumonía de ARABIA SAUDITA en el verano de 2012. Está relacionado con el CORONAVIRUS DEL SÍNDROME RESPIRATORIO AGUDO GRAVE. El MERS-CoV tiene un período de incubación estimado de 12 días, y los síntomas de la infección incluyen insuficiencia renal y neumonía aguda grave que a menudo es mortal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Coronavírus da Síndrome Respiratória do Oriente Médio
Descriptor French: Coronavirus du syndrome respiratoire du Moyen-Orient
Entry term(s): MERS Virus
MERS Viruses
MERS-CoV
Merbecovirus
Merbecoviruses
Middle East respiratory syndrome related coronavirus
Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
Virus, MERS
Viruses, MERS
Tree number(s): B04.820.578.500.540.150.113.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065207
Scope note: A coronavirus first reported in the summer of 2012 in a pneumonia patient in SAUDI ARABIA. It is related to SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME-RELATED CORONAVIRUS. MERS-CoV has an estimated incubation period of 12 days and symptoms include renal failure and severe acute pneumonia with often fatal outcome.
Annotation: infection: coordinate with MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME see CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
Previous Indexing: Coronavirus (2013-2014)
Public MeSH Note: 2015
History Note: 2015
DeCS ID: 55553
Unique ID: D065207
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2015/01/01
Date of Entry: 2014/06/26
Revision Date: 2022/07/15
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus - Preferred
Concept UI M0588347
Scope note A coronavirus first reported in the summer of 2012 in a pneumonia patient in SAUDI ARABIA. It is related to SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME-RELATED CORONAVIRUS. MERS-CoV has an estimated incubation period of 12 days and symptoms include renal failure and severe acute pneumonia with often fatal outcome.
Preferred term Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Entry term(s) MERS Virus
MERS Viruses
MERS-CoV
Middle East respiratory syndrome related coronavirus
Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
Virus, MERS
Viruses, MERS
Merbecovirus - Broader
Concept UI M000756087
Preferred term Merbecovirus
Entry term(s) Merbecoviruses



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