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lethal drug disease has been found in a pet camel belonging to a human victim
in Saudi Arabia. The virus causing many deaths is the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
(MERS) that is often related to SARS, a lethal lung disease. The Saudi Arabia
Health Ministry announced this on Monday November 11th, 2013. When
they found the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome it added belief to the theory
of the virus coming from bats but only reaching humans through camels. In other
cases of MERS the victim would get sick and reported to have had contact with a
sick camel before hand. Antibodies to the disease had been found in a camel but
the virus itself had not. MERS has killed bout 64 people since it was first
away from a year ago with 53 cases being reported in Saudi Arabia. The MERS
disease can also be spread from human to human but not as often as the other
SARS disease.
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acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a viral respiratory disease with flu-like
symptoms that could also include fever, lethargy symptoms, cough, sore throat,
etc. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is also a viral respiratory
illness that has the same symptoms as SARS but has only been found in Saudi
Arabia back in 2012 and now recently. Half of the people that receive MERS die
because that illness is very serious. The only difference between MERS and SARS
is the way it infects and also the fact that SARS comes from bats and MERS can
be transferred to humans by camels. There is no specific treatment that can
cure MERS recommended but you can get medical care to help relieve some of the
coughing, aching, and feverish symptoms. The National Institute of Health took
two licensed antiviral drugs that reduced virus replication and it recently
created a clinical outcome in monkeys. There have been no traces of MERS or
SARS located in the United States and has not spread country to country so we
should have complete immunity to this disease.
Kaley Stapleton
November 13, 2013
1:32 pm
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