Worldwide Reduction in MERS Cases and Deaths since 2016

Christl A. Donnelly (1, 2) , Mamun R. Malik (3) , Amgad Elkholy (3) , Simon Cauchemez (4, 5) , Maria D. van Kerkhove (6)

1 University of Oxford
2 Imperial College London
3 EMRO - WHO - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean [Cairo, Egypt]
4 IP - Institut Pasteur [Paris]
5 Modélisation mathématique des maladies infectieuses - Mathematical modelling of Infectious Diseases
6 OMS / WHO - Organisation Mondiale de la Santé / World Health Organization Office

Since 2012, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus has infected 2,442 persons worldwide. Case-based data analysis suggests that since 2016, as many as 1,465 cases and 293-520 deaths might have been averted. Efforts to reduce the global MERS threat are working, but countries must maintain vigilance to prevent further infections.

Domains: Statistics [math.ST]

Christl A. Donnelly, Mamun R. Malik, Amgad Elkholy, Simon Cauchemez, Maria D. van Kerkhove. Worldwide Reduction in MERS Cases and Deaths since 2016. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019, 25 (9), pp.1758-1760. ⟨10.3201/eid2509.190143⟩. ⟨pasteur-03325960⟩