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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus and development of vaccines and specific drugs for its control |
QU Di, LU Lu, JIANG ShiBo |
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China |
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Abstract Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral infection caused by a novel coronavirus (MERS-CoV). In this review, we focus on the classification, molecular structure and the proteins related to tissue tropisms and host range of MERS-CoV. The efforts on development of drugs and vaccines for the control of MERS-CoV are also discussed.
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Received: 12 June 2015
Published: 25 August 2015
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Corresponding Authors:
JIANG Shi-Bo
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