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1、NEWSINFOCUSELIZABETHR.FISCHER,ROCKYMOUNTAINLABS/NIAID/NIHAnewcoronavirusfoundintheMiddleEastisoneofafamilyofvirusesnamedafterthecorona-likeappearanceoftheirsurfacespikes.VIROLOGYClustersofcoronaviruscasesputscientistsonalertSurveillancerampedupafternovelvirusisidentifiedinthreeMid
2、dleEasterncountries.BYDECLANBUTLERit’sverymuchinthecategoryofH5N1[aviananyfurther,however,person-to-personinfluenza],”saysDavidHeymann,chairmantransmissionofthevirus—ifitoccurredatsthecoronavirusthathasappearedintheoftheUKHealthProtectionAgencyandfor-all—wouldhavehadtohavebeenthro
3、ughIMiddleEastasimmeringthreattoglobalmerheadofthecommunicable-diseasespro-closecontact.Still,theextensionofthepublichealthoraviralfootnotethatwillgrammeattheWHOduringthe2003SARSdiseasetoJordan,andtheidentificationoftheseendupbeingofinterestonlytoacademics?epidemic,causedbyadiffer
4、entcoronavirus.Yetearliercases,marksasignificantepidemiologi-ThatisthekeyquestionthatresearchersandthislatestcoronavirusisstilllimitedtotheMid-caldevelopmentandsuggeststhatinfectionspublic-healthofficialsarenowstrugglingtodleEastandshowsnosignofspreadingeasilymayhavegoneundetected
5、inothercountries.resolve.Twounsettlingdevelopmentshavebetweenpeople,Heymannemphasizes.Whatisneedednow,saysHeymann,isfedtheirconcerns:freshhintsthatthevirusInlateNovember,“goodoldshoe-leatherepidemiology;that’smightshowatleastlimitedspreadfromper-“It’sanextremelyhowever,theWHOwhatw
6、orkedinSARS”.Epidemiologistsneedsontoperson,andsignsthatithasextendedseriousdisease;reportedahouse-totalktothefamiliesandneighboursofanyitsgeographicalrange.it’sverymuchinholdclusteroffourinfectedpeople;trytotrackdowneveryoneLastweek,theWorldHealthOrganizationthecategoryofcasesinS
7、audiAra-whohascomeintocontactwiththemtolook(WHO)urgedthatsurveillanceforthevirus,H5N1.”bia,inwhichtwoforsymptomsandtestforthevirus;andisolatecalledhumanbetacoronavirus 2cEMC/2012,peopledied.Retro-infectedpeopletotrytostopanyspread.shouldbeextendedtoallcountriesworldwide,spectivete
8、stslookingforthecoronavirusinRese
