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Promising Treatment for New Human Coronavirus
Posted on by Dr. Francis Collins
Caption: Transmission electron micrograph of novel coronavirus
Credit: Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH
In Fall 2012 a new coronavirus appeared on the global public health radar. The virus has caused 17 cases of severe respiratory disease in the Middle East and Europe, and 11 of these people died. This new virus attracted immediate attention because of the high fatality rate—and because it was in the same family as the virus that caused the global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003, which sickened more than 8,000 people.
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