中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒流行病学进展

Advances in the epidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus （MERS-CoV） infec-tion

中东呼吸综合征（Middle East respiratory syndrome，MERS）是由中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒（Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavims，MERS．CoV）引起的一种严重呼吸道传染病。本文将对MERS病原学特征与流行病学特征及研究进展进行简要综述。

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus （MERS-CoV） is an emerged human coro- navirus causing serious respiratory syndrome. The etiological and epidemiologieal characteristics of MERS along with the recent advances in MERS will be briefly described in this review.