From our latest WHO Update:
4 September 2013 – WHO has been informed of an additional two laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).
The first case was notified by the Ministry of Health in Tunisia. The patient was a 66-year-old man who became ill on 1 May 2013 and died on 10 May 2013. The patient was earlier announced as a probable case while his daughter and son were laboratory-confirmed with MERS-CoV (DON published on 22 May 2013). Laboratory-confirmation on the case was recently conducted by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Here's the case from my list:
Date of Report:
5/20/13
Name: 66(M)**
From: Monastir,
Tunisia
Onset: 4/30
Adm: Fatima
Bourguiba Hospital in Monastir
Sym’s on Adm: acute respiratory insufficiency
Confirmed: Negative
(initial test) Positive thru
CDC 9/5/13 (link: http://www.who.int/csr/don/don_updates/en/index.html)
Note: Ministry
of Health communique issued 5/20/13.
Returned from trip to Saudi Arabia & Qatar late
March. Became ill 5 days
later. 1 Son traveled to
Qatar. 1 lives in Tunisia & had not traveled. Both adult children confirmed. Case had diabetes.
WHO Update: http://www.who.int/csr/don/2013_05_22_ncov/en/index.html
WHO Update: http://www.who.int/csr/disease/coronavirus_infections/update_20130531/en/index.html
DOD: 5/10/13
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