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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, is similar to another deadly coronavirus identified a decade ago called Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, giving scientists a jump on the investigation into their origins.

With the current momentum to do more to facilitate the detection and response to viral infections, we encourage national and global public policy makers, business leaders and academic leaders to increase support for the training of the next generation of medical virologists as part of comprehensive pandemic preparedness plans.

While Maryland health officials urged caregivers this week to be alert for possible Ebola virus cases, they were also quick to emphasize there are other – perhaps more contagious – pathogens for which they are also monitoring.

Kaiser Permanente's chief of infectious disease answers questions about MERS.