Micrograph of MERS-CoV particles (yellow)FLICKR, NIAID
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with the Florida Department of Health, today (May 12) announced the second imported case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in the country. Health officials have confirmed that a patient being treated in a Florida hospital tested positive for MERS-CoV. This second U.S. case is “unwelcome but not unexpected news,” CDC Director Tom Frieden told reporters during a press briefing today.
The patient is a health-care worker who resides and works in Saudi Arabia and who traveled from the Middle East to Florida on May 1. According to the CDC, the patient was admitted to the emergency room on May 8. The patient arrived in the U.S. by plane, making stops in London, ...
