Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus – two years into the epidemic

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Two years ago, on 23 April 2012, media reported a cluster of severe respiratory infection in a hospital in Jordan Only several months later did it become evident that this was the first known occurrence of the new Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) that since then continues to puzzle scientists and public health experts alike.