MERS-COV AND

INFLUENZA VIRUS
PREPARED BY: Deibb Lyne
Gaffud
Nursing Education and Training
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

• is a viral respiratory illness caused by a

coronavirus
• Bats are the natural reservoirs of SARS-like
coronaviruses 
• Between November 2002 and July 2003, an
outbreak of SARS in southern China caused an
eventual 8,098 cases, resulting in 774 deaths
reported in 37 countries
 MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME
(MERS-COV)
• Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
CoronaVirus (MERS-COV) is a viral
respiratory illness that was first
reported in Saudi Arabia, in 2012.
• It is also known as camel flu.
•  belongs to the coronavirus family, the
same family of viruses that cause the
common cold.
What is the pathogen that cause MERS?

•  it's a coronavirus that causes MERS

 HOW MERS CAN BE TRANSMITTED?

• MERS-CoV has been detected in camels in

several countries but not in other livestock. It
has been detected in camel meat, organs, milk
and urine; infected camels may not be
observably ill.
• Transmission MERS-CoV, like other
coronaviruses, is thought to spread from an
infected person's respiratory secretions.
 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF MERS
aerosol, droplet, or direct hand-to-hand contact
with infected secretions

passage to the nares or eyes

Direct invasion of the respiratory epithelium

results in symptoms corresponding to the
area(s) involved