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cord-296517-414grqif	Wong, Gary	MERS, SARS, and Ebola: The Role of Super-Spreaders in Infectious Disease	2015-10-14		.txt	text/plain	2880	129	50	In September 2012, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) emerged as a novel virus that can result in severe respiratory disease with renal failure, with a case fatality rate of up to 38%. Notably, between May and July 2015, an outbreak of MERS-CoV centered in South Korea killed 36 people out of 186 confirmed cases (Promedmail.org, 2015) , with thousands quarantined as health authorities attempted to control virus spread. The 2015 MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea began from an imported case, a 68-year-old male with a recent travel history to several Middle Eastern countries, including Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. Thus, the MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea was driven primarily by three infected individuals, and approximately 75% of cases can be traced back to three super-spreaders who have each infected a disproportionately high number of contacts ( Figure 1A ).	./cache/cord-296517-414grqif.txt	./txt/cord-296517-414grqif.txt