SARS and MERS : Global Status

SARS and MERS: Global Status is one in a series of GIDEON ebooks which summarize the status of individual infectious diseases, in every country of the world. Data are based on the GIDEON database (www.gideononline.com) which relies on standard text books, peer-review journals, Health Ministry reports and ProMED, supplemented by an ongoing exhaustive search of the medical literature. Chapters are arranged alphabetically, by country name. Each section is divided into six subsections. 1. Descriptive epidemiology 2. Summary of clinical features 3. Global status including distribution map 4. Potential use in Bioterrorism 5. Status of the disease in a specific country 6. References SARS and MERS: Global Status includes separate sections on SARS, and MERS Coronavirus infection.