id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-339386-sxyeuiw1 McIntosh, Kenneth 157 Coronaviruses, Including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) 2015-12-31 .txt text/plain 8499 482 49 The virus was quickly identified as a new CoV most closely related to several bat CoVs. 6 This report was followed by a number of other reports identifying a total of 537 infected individuals, all of whom had acute respiratory symptoms, severe in most, and fatal in 145 (as of May 11, 2014) . 6 Between then and May 2014, a total of 537 cases occurred, all infected by this virus, now termed the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). In response to the global spread and associated severe disease, the World Health Organization coordinated a rapid and effective control program that included isolation of cases, careful attention to contact, droplet and airborne infection control procedures, quarantine of exposed persons in some settings, and efforts to control spread between countries through travel advisories and travel alerts. ./cache/cord-339386-sxyeuiw1.txt ./txt/cord-339386-sxyeuiw1.txt