MERS Is Not SARS, but Control Was Poor: Seoul ID Docs

As South Korea's health ministry announced eight new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) today, bringing the total diagnosed to 95, infectious disease specialists here took pains to distinguish it from another recent outbreak that struck the region. "The picture is rather different from SARS," Sung-Han Kim, MD, of Asan Medical Center's department of infectious diseases told reporters gathered here for the World Conference of Science Journalists, referring to the virus that killed nearly 800 more than a decade ago. Asan was one of the hospitals visited by patients with MERS in recent weeks. http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/InfectionControl/52021?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-06-10&eun=g721819d0r