"Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection is an uncommon coronavirus infection ("
"MERS-CoV belongs to lineage C of the β-coronaviruses, the first known to infect humans, and is a single-stranded RNA virus 4. The origin and mode of transmission are unclear, but bats are the likely original source and transmission suspected to be via dromedary camels 3-5,9. Human-to-human transmission occurs and is responsible for the international spread 4,5."