MERS — Worldwide/Unknown
South Korea confirmed 5 MERS cases Friday [29 May 2015], bringing the total number of patients infected with the potentially deadly virus to 12, including a man who defied a quarantine protocol and travelled to China, health officials said.
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is considered a deadlier but less infectious cousin of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) virus that appeared in Asia in 2003 and killed hundreds of people, mostly in China.
Symptoms may range from
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