Travel-associated MERS reported in Lebanon

ABSTRACT

Middle East respiratory syndrome [MERS] is a global health concern given that the origin and transmissibility pattern of the MERS coronavirus is, as yet, unclear. Since April 2012, around 224 MERS cases including 40 associated deaths [CFR–17.9%] have been reported in 19 countries outside the Arabian Peninsula [Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen] where patients had a history of travel to, or were secondary to patients with a history of travel to the Arabian Peninsula