VIRUS MERS ( ENGLISH VERSION )

Causes Signs Symptoms Virus MERS-Cov Middle East Corona Virus Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a one type of virus that attacks the respiratory organs of people who have it which is a kind of respiratory disease that can lead to death. MERS - Cov is an abbreviation of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus. This virus is a new kind of group Corona virus (Novel Corona Virus).
This virus was first reported in September 2012 in Saudi Arabia. SARS Virus 2003 is also a group of Corona virus and can cause severe pneumonia but different from the virus MERS Cov. Information obtained from the Ministry of Health website www.depkes.go.id preach bahwasannya coronavirus virus is different from the others that have been found previously.
So that the corona virus study group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses decided that the novel corona virus named as MERS-Cov. The virus is not the same as the corona virus that causes Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), but similar to the corona virus found in bats.
Causes Signs Symptoms Virus MERS-Cov
Symptoms And Modes of Transmission MERS
There are some things that we know in order to identify what are the signs that a person exposed to the virus. Because it attacks the respiratory tract following signs MERS disease among others are as follows:

    - Fever.
    - Cough.
    - Shortness of breath (shortness of breath).
    - Is acute.
Approximately half of the patients died. The majority of patients reported suffering from moderate respiratory illness.
Until now, the investigation is still underway regarding MERS-Cov transmission pattern, because it has found the existence of human-to-human transmission of mutual close contact with the patient. Transmission from infected patients to health care workers who care for also observed. In addition, a cluster of cases of MERS-Cov infection in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Kingdom, France, Tunisia, and Italy are also investigated.
This virus can be transmitted between humans is limited, and there is no transmission from human to human transmission is ongoing. The possibility of transmission can be through the media as follows, namely:

    Jump: Through droplets (droplet) when the patient stone or sneezing.
    Indirect: through contact with contaminated objects.
For it is also the official in World Health Organization (WHO) as the information reported by the states and concerned www.voaindonesia.com also concerned that the virus may be transmitted to MERS pilgrims Muslims are expected to visit the holy places in Saudi Arabia month front in the month of Ramadan, or the millions more expected to come in October to perform the Hajj in Mecca.
For that Indonesian pilgrims as well as health workers who participated in the 2014 TKHI and PPIH is to always maintain the health and take action to prevent contracting the disease caused by the corona virus called Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-Cov) this.
Because there are some things related to Tips And How to Maintain Healthy When accomplishing Departure Hajj in order to carry out mandatory and pillars of Hajj itself.
Treatment And Vaccine Mers-Cov
Up to now I have no specific vaccine can prevent infection MERS-Cov. In addition, the method has not been found also that the specific treatment to cure diseases caused by MERS-Cov.
Medical treatment is supportive only to relieve symptoms. Laboratory tests Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) for MERS-Cov available on the Ministry of Health and several international laboratories, but the test is not a routine test.
There is no vaccine available. Anti-viral treatment that is specific yet exist, and treatment is carried out depends on the patient's condition. Prevention by running pol healthy lifestyle by doing PHBs (clean and healthy lifestyle), and also avoid close contact with patients, as well as the use of masks, hand hygiene with frequent hand washing with soap and cough etiquette apply when ill need to be applied with either anyway.