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Posted: August 04 2016 at 8:14am |
MERS camel outbreak in Jordan, new cases in Saudi Arabia
After a slowdown in the past 2 weeks, the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (MOH) reported two new cases of MERS-CoV today. Both patients are expatriates, and neither was linked to a recent outbreak at the King Khalid University Hospital in Riyadh. A 52-year old woman from Al Jubail is in stable condition after presenting with symptoms of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The MOH said she was a healthcare worker and contracted MERS in a healthcare setting. Last week the MOH said a man from Al Jubail also has MERS-CoV. The second case involves a 49-year old man from Al Hofuf who is also in stable condition. The MOH listed him as having indirect contact with camels. Exposure to camels, including drinking raw camel milk, has been linked to several MERS cases in Saudi Arabia. The new cases bring Saudi Arabia's MERS-CoV total to 1,443, including 608 deaths, since 2012. In other MERS-CoV news, two camel herds were diagnosed as having the virus in Jordan, according to a report issued by the World Organization for Health Animal (OIE) today. The outbreaks occurred on May 16 and had a morbidity rate of 51.4% (36 of 70 susceptible camels). One outbreak took place on a farm in Ar Ramtha, and the other took place in the village of Az-Zarqa. Camels can pass infections to humans, but the exact route of transmission is still unknown. http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2016/08/news-scan-aug-02-2016 |
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