65-year old German from North Rhine-Westphalia, died in Ostercappeln in Lower Saxony as a result of complications from viral disorder of the airways (MERS). Death occurred on June 6, but the company Clinic them. Niels Stensen informed about it only today.
According to news agency dpa direct cause of death was organ failure. MERS virus that causes the man contracted in February, when I visited the United Emiaratach Emirates.
MERS ( Middle East Respiratory Syndrome – Middle East respiratory distress syndrome) is similar to the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome – Severe Acute Respiratory), which in 2002-2003 killed worldwide approx. 800 people. It can cause coughing, fever and pneumonia.
The death rate in the case of MERS is much higher than the mortality of people SARS patients. According to the World Health Organization, approx. 35 percent. MERS causing virus infected die. There is no vaccine.
Until now, MERS appeared in more than 20 countries. Most of the cases reported in Saudi Arabia – since 2012 there died more than 400 people infected with the virus.
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