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Sent out through the ISARIC mailing list today:
Ebola update
WHO Ebola update (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia)
MERS-CoV updates
KSA MoH, reporting 2 new cases, 1 death (distinctions are not made with regards to whether fatal cases were reported previously as new cases, or form part of the current daily report)
ECDC update on MERS-CoV (incl. recently reported KSA cases following MoH review reported 3 June)
Articles of interest:
NEJM: Azhar et al. Evidence of Camel-to-Human Transmission of MERS Coronavirus
JVI: van Doremalen et al. Host Species Restriciton of MERS-CoV through its receptor Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4
JVI: Kalthoff, D. et al. Avian influenza H7N9/13 and H7N7/13: A comparative virulence study in chickens, pigeons, and ferrets
JAMA: Hampton, T. Newly isolated antibodies may block deadly respiratory infection
JAMA: Malani, P. First US MERS-CoV Cases underscore need for preparedness