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Home / Health News / MERS outbreak in Bangladesh claims one life

MERS outbreak in Bangladesh claims one life

MERS now hits Bangladesh

By: Editorial Team   | | Published: June 15, 2014 4:56 pm
Tags: In the news  MERS Coronavirus  MIddle East Respiratory Syndrome  News  

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Bangladesh has confirmed the first case of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS) after a man returned from the US via Abu Dhabi was found afflicted with it. Mahmudur Rahman, director of Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control & Research (IEDCR), said Sunday that the man was recuperating in a hospital, bdnews24.com reported.

‘We have notified it to the WHO,’ he said. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause a range of illnesses in humans, from the common cold to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The virus was first identified in 2012 in Saudi Arabia and has remained a global concern since then.

It has spread to 22 countries, including Bangladesh, from the Middle East. So far, the WHO recorded 699 cases of MERS with a mortality rate of 30 percent. Also read should Indians be worried about the MERS outbreak?

What exactly is the MERS?

MERS stands for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome which is a viral illness that was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012. It is caused by a respiratory virus, a previously unseen variant of the coronavirus. It’s very similar to a strain of coronavirus found in bats and not the same as the SARS virus that circulated in 2003.

MERS fact sheet

1. Spread by animals in contact with bats

Mostly carried by bats but also some other vertebrates, the MERS Coronovirus spreads very rapidly in animals when they are kept together in confined and crowded places like live-animal markets, slaughter houses and while transporting animals by ships. Close and prolong contact with infected animals, which may not show any symptoms, helps virus jump to human. As it happened in SARS most of the animal traders were found to have SARS antibodies without any symptoms. This is a stage of adaptation to a new host (Inter-species transfer) which led to possible viral genetic mutation to adapt to its new human host. Same may be true for MERS-CoV.

2. It doesn’t spread rapidly among humans

MERS is not transmitted very readily from person-to-person. This may occur after close and prolonged contact with infected patient in closed environment like home, hospitals etc. Infection spreads by coughing, droplet infection. But it can become air borne, meaning spread by air in hospitals when infected patient is given pressurized oxygen, intubated or procedures like bronchoscopy or during the use of pressurized devises like dental drill etc making healthcare workers more susceptible.

3. Infection control in hospitals and clinics can prevent spread

Healthcare workers getting infected by MERS are reported on a regular basis which shows failure of observing stringent Infection Control Procedures in the hospitals. It is the responsibility of the hospitals to educate their staff, supervise and implement strict Infection Control and isolation procedures. Infected healthcare workers take the infection to their family and wider community. Read 12 fast facts about MERS-CoV

With inputs from IANS

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