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New Deadly Respiratory Virus

New Deadly Respiratory Virus. Quan Chieu Chau Brother McPhillips Microbiology. Crown-like spikes Enveloped SS RNA (+) 4 main sub-groupings Examples: SARS. Coronaviruses. (University of South Carolina School of Medicine). Coronaviruses. Symptoms:

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New Deadly Respiratory Virus

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  1. New Deadly Respiratory Virus Quan Chieu Chau Brother McPhillips Microbiology

  2. Crown-like spikes Enveloped SS RNA (+) 4 main sub-groupings Examples: SARS Coronaviruses (University of South Carolina School of Medicine)

  3. Coronaviruses • Symptoms: • Usually cause mild moderate upper-respiratory tract illnesses • upper-respiratory illnesses • Examples: runny nose, cough, sore throat, and fever • lower-respiratory illnesses • Examples: Pneumonia and Bronchitis • Transmission: • Person-person • Fecal-oral • Inhalation of respiratory droplets (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

  4. New Deadly Respiratory Virus • 60-year-old man in Saudi Arabia • Second case of death was just reported • Saudi Arabia & Middle East • Lesser bamboo bats & Japanese house bats • Genome sequencing reveals: • novel species in Betacoronavirus • HCoV-EMC/2012 • New virus to humans “New coronavirus related to viruses from bats.” Science Daily, November 20, 2012. “Second coronavirus death reported.” BBC, November 23, 2012.

  5. Citations • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20468478 • http://www.livescience.com/24965-bats-harbor-deadly-virus.html • http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121120085015.htm • http://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/about/index.html • http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/virol/coronaviruses.htm

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