Is Corona 2.0 threatened? Virologist Drosten wants to research new virus - "A high mortality"

Christian Drosten will probably go down in history through his research into Corona.

Now the virologist wants to devote himself to the next virus: MERS, which can cause fatal respiratory infections.

• Coronavirus pandemic in Germany

  : Virologist Christian Drosten

  is

  often the focus of

  the

  corona crisis

  .

• The scientist from the

  Berlin Charité

  plans to research the

  Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in

  the future

  .

• MERS

  can lead to fatal respiratory infections and multiple organ failure - isolated cases have occurred in

  Germany.

Munich -

already has the next virus in view:

is the next

candidate, said the

,

Through his research on the

and

scientist has achieved

international fame

far beyond

.

"When the hype is over now, I will develop a new topic with a small working group," said

in an interview with

.

Christian Drosten wants to research MERS-CoV - high mortality as with the coronavirus

MERS-CoV

?

Similar to the current

, the

according to the

(

), "take a very difficult course with a high mortality rate".

• MERS-CoV

  : The

  Middle East Respiratory Syndrome is

  detected for the first time in

  2012

  .

• MERS-CoV:

  2015 outbreaks on the

  Arabian Peninsula

  and in Southeast Asia.

  Isolated cases also found in

  Germany

  .

• MERS-CoV

  : Transmission basically from animals (dromedaries) to humans.

  But individual infections from humans to humans have also been proven.

• MERS-CoV

  : As with

  Corona

  , it can lead to fatal respiratory infections or multiple organ failure.

The virus was discovered in 2012.

It is basically transmitted from animals to humans.

However, isolated infections from person to person have also been detected, explains the

in a description.

All previous illnesses came from the

, primarily from

and Oman, but also from

.

The pack animal

was the host of the viruses, it is said.

Christian Drosten is planning research on MERS-CoV: "Fatal respiratory infections" as with Corona

The

speaks of the fact that

"can cause fatal respiratory infections and multiple organ failure".

As with

.

In 2015 there were major outbreaks in the

, in

(Thailand, Korea and the Philippines) and in China, is further described in an information sheet from the medical publication.

Striking: isolated cases were also found in the Federal Republic of Germany in 2015.

Like the

but declared there was in

"at present no increased risk of infection with

".

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