Human Exposure to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus from Livestock or Wildlife Species

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Human Exposure to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus from Livestock or Wildlife Species

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 20 p.

Author FAO;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-109893-6

Series title Animal Health Risk Analysis

Series number 4

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Synopsis (short abstract) Recurrent outbreaks of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in humans have been reported, mainly from the Arabian Peninsula, since 2012, with a notable outbreak in Republic of Korea from May through July 2015. To evaluate the role of domestic and wild animals, in particular dromedary camels and bats, and assess the likelihood of human exposure to MERS-CoV (i) through direct contact with these animals, (ii) while handling and consuming their products (milk, meat, urine) and (iii) from the environment at the animal-human interface (e.g. farms, households, slaughterhouses, markets, etc.), FAO prepared this qualitative release assessment. This assessment is based on information available as of 19 May 2017 and will be revised as circumstances change. It focuses on livestock-related aspects and is therefore restricted to an exposure assessment at the animal-human interface (i.e. a description of biological pathways necessary for exposure of humans to MERS-CoV released from animals and the estimation of its probability). For further aspects of the human infection and detailed consequence assessments, please refer to risk assessments by the World Health Organization (WHO).

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FAO. 2017. Human Exposure to Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus from Livestock or Wildlife Species (August 2017). FAO Animal Health Risk Analysis – Assessment, Issue No. 4. Rome, FAO.

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