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In what year was MERS-CoV identified and why? (What events led to its identification?)

In what year was MERS-CoV identified and why? (What events led to its identification?)

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Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was identified in the year 2012 in Saudi Arabia. The virus was was isolated and identified by Dr. Ali Mohamed Zaki, an Egyptian virologist from an infected lungs of a patient. The findings where posted on ProMED-mail on 24 September 2012. After several cases with similar symptoms and deaths appeared in Qatar and Saudi Arabia, research on the virus began.

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