| Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
| T48 |
0-180 |
Sentence |
denotes |
A decade later, another highly pathogenic human CoV, MERS-CoV, emerged, and the first patient with MERS-CoV infection was reported in Saudi Arabia in June 2012 (Zaki et al., 2012). |
| T49 |
181-353 |
Sentence |
denotes |
By December 26, 2019, a total of 2,494 laboratory-confirmed cases of MERS, including 858 associated deaths in 27 countries (fatality rate 34.4%), were reported to the WHO1. |
| T50 |
354-552 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Globally, the majority (about 80%) of human cases have been reported in Saudi Arabia, where people get infected through direct contact with infected dromedary camels or persons2 (Zaki et al., 2012). |
| T51 |
553-754 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Isolation of MERS-CoV and detection of neutralizing antibodies from dromedary camels suggest that these camels are potentially an important intermediate host (Reusken et al., 2013; Azhar et al., 2014). |
| T52 |
755-838 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Similar to SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV is also an emerging zoonotic virus (Li and Du, 2019). |
| T53 |
839-1077 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Bats habituate several CoVs phylogenetically related to MERS-CoV, and some of them are identical to MERS-CoVs, suggesting that MERS-CoV may originate from bats (Annan et al., 2013; Lelli et al., 2013; Lau et al., 2018; Luo et al., 2018a). |
| T54 |
1078-1313 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Different from SARS-CoV, which has not caused infections in humans since 2004 (Du et al., 2009a), the transmission of MERS-CoV has not been interrupted, and the infected human cases continue increasing1 (Mobaraki and Ahmadzadeh, 2019). |
| T55 |
1314-1376 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Currently, human-to-human transmission of MERS-CoV is limited. |
