Although some infected individuals will be asymptomatic or have mild cold-like symptoms, most will develop a high fever, aches, cough and a severe respiratory infection that can progress to pneumonia.

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MERS was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2013. As of 2015, over 1,300 people in 27 countries have been infected, and about 500 people have died. There are no specific treatments for either MERS or SARS. In addition, no vaccines are currently available. Several recombinant vaccines, however, are being developed.

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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) are two acute respiratory infections caused by coronaviruses. These are thought to be zoonotic infections.

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SARS originated in southern China in the winter of 2002 and rapidly spread to 37 countries. Within about 1 year, more than 8,000 people experienced influenza-like symptoms and nearly 800 people died. The outbreak was controlled in 2003 and no further cases of SARS have been recorded since 2004. Bats and civet cats are thought to have been the reservoirs for SARS.

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