TY - JOUR AU - Killerby, Marie AU - Biggs, Holly AU - Midgley, Claire AU - Gerber, Susan AU - Watson, John T1 - Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Transmission T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2020 VL - 26 IS - 2 SP - 191 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection causes a spectrum of respiratory illness, from asymptomatic to mild to fatal. MERS-CoV is transmitted sporadically from dromedary camels to humans and occasionally through human-to-human contact. Current epidemiologic evidence supports a major role in transmission for direct contact with live camels or humans with symptomatic MERS, but little evidence suggests the possibility of transmission from camel products or asymptomatic MERS cases. Because a proportion of case-patients do not report direct contact with camels or with persons who have symptomatic MERS, further research is needed to conclusively determine additional mechanisms of transmission, to inform public health practice, and to refine current precautionary recommendations. KW - MERS-CoV KW - Middle East respiratory syndrome KW - coronavirus KW - emerging infectious disease KW - healthcare-associated transmission KW - dromedary KW - camel KW - epidemiology KW - viruses KW - zoonoses DO - 10.3201/eid2602.190697 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/2/19-0697_article ER - End of Reference