Robert Roos 
News Editor
News Editor
Jun 13, 2013 (CIDRAP News) – The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) said today that more than 30 US patients have been
tested for MERS-CoV (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus), as
clinicians asked questions about the criteria for testing people who
show up in emergency rooms with suspicious symptoms.
During a conference call to update clinicians on MERS-CoV, the
CDC's Susan Gerber, MD, emphasized that no cases have been detected in
the United States yet, but said the CDC has tested patients from various
parts of the country since the virus was discovered last September.
Gerber, a medical epidemiologist, didn't specify how many patients
have been tested, but Mark Pallansch, PhD, director of the CDC's
Division of Viral Diseases, told CIDRAP News that the CDC has tested
more than 30 suspected cases, all with negative results.
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