Severe respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus, in a patient transferred to the United Kingdom from the Middle East, September 2012

A Bermingham; M A Chand; C S Brown; E Aarons; C Tong; C Langrish; K Hoschler; K Brown; M Galiano; R Myers; R G Pebody; H K Green; N L Boddington; R Gopal; N Price; W Newsholme; C Drosten; R A Fouchier; M Zambon

Severe respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus, in a patient transferred to the United Kingdom from the Middle East, September 2012

Euro Surveill. 2012 Oct 4;17(40):20290.

Authors

Affiliation

¹ Health Protection Agency (HPA), London, UK.

PMID: 23078800

Abstract

Coronaviruses have the potential to cause severe transmissible human disease, as demonstrated by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2003. We describe here the clinical and virological features of a novel coronavirus infection causing severe respiratory illness in a patient transferred to London, United Kingdom, from the Gulf region of the Middle East.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Coronavirus / classification
Coronavirus / isolation & purification*
Coronavirus / pathogenicity
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Coronavirus Infections / microbiology
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Disease Notification
Disease Reservoirs
Gene Expression Profiling
Humans
Intensive Care Units
London
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Transfer*
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Respiratory Insufficiency / complications
Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy
Saudi Arabia
Sensitivity and Specificity
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / etiology*
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / microbiology
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / therapy
Travel*