In June 2012, the second major human coronavirus, MERS-CoV revealed itself in a sputum sample from a 60-year-old Saudi man who died of overwhelming bilateral pneumonia and renal failure [9]; this Betacoronavirus also has a close relationship with two bat-CoVs (HKU4 and HKU5), and camelids are thought to serve as the intermediates between infected vespertilionid bats and humans [10]. Infection of dromedary camels with MERS-CoV appears to be common on the Arabian peninsula and parts of Africa, and there is documentation not only of camel-to human transmission, but also of human-to-camel transmission. Fortunately, Human-to-Human transmission of MERS-CoV is very limited except in hospital settings. Sporadic MERS infections continue to this day.