{"id":336,"date":"2014-05-08T19:07:08","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T19:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulfcoastreadiness.com\/?p=336"},"modified":"2018-07-13T13:20:42","modified_gmt":"2018-07-13T13:20:42","slug":"middle-east-respiratory-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulfcoastreadiness.com\/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East Respiratory Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/CORONAVIRUS\/MERS\/images\/topphoto-homepage.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: MERS-CoV particles as seen by negative stain electron microscopy. Virions contain characteristic club-like projections emanating from the viral membrane.\" width=\"165\" height=\"121\" \/>Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is viral respiratory illness first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012. It is caused by a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/\">coronavirus<\/a>\u00a0called MERS-CoV. Most people who have been confirmed to have MERS-CoV infection developed severe acute respiratory illness. They had fever, cough, and shortness of breath. About 30% of these people died.<\/p>\n<p>So far, all the cases have been linked to six countries in or near the Arabian Peninsula. This virus has spread from ill people to others through close contact. However, the virus has not shown to spread in a sustained way in communities. The situation is still evolving.<\/p>\n<p>CDC is working with partners to better understand the risks of this virus, including the source, how it spreads, and how infections might be prevented. CDC has provided information for travelers and is working with health departments, hospitals, and other partners to prepare for possible cases in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit\u00a0http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/mers\/faq.html<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is viral respiratory illness first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012. It is caused by a\u00a0coronavirus\u00a0called MERS-CoV. Most people who have been confirmed to have MERS-CoV infection developed severe acute respiratory illness. They had fever, cough, and shortness of breath. About 30% of these people died. So far, all the<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"btn-filled btn\" href=\"https:\/\/gulfcoastreadiness.com\/middle-east-respiratory-syndrome\/\" title=\"Middle East Respiratory Syndrome\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastreadiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastreadiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastreadiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastreadiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastreadiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastreadiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":475,"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastreadiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336\/revisions\/475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastreadiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastreadiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastreadiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gulfcoastreadiness.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}