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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Tree Number(s)
B04.820.578.500.540.150.113.750
Unique ID
D065207
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065207
Annotation
infection: coordinate with MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME see CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS
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.
Entry Term(s)
MERS Virus
MERS-CoV
Merbecovirus
Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
Related Numbers
txid2509494
Previous Indexing
Coronavirus (2013-2014)
Public MeSH Note
2015
History Note
2015
Date Established
2015/01/01
Date of Entry
2014/06/26
Revision Date
2022/07/15
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Preferred
Merbecovirus Broader
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