MERS in pregnancy

Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit

1Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkok, Thailand

2Visiting professor, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China

MERS in pregnancy

Beuy Joob1*, Viroj Wiwanitkit2

1Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkok, Thailand

2Visiting professor, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China

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Middle East respiratory syndrome Pregnancy

Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a serious emerging infection. It can cause severe respiratory disease. In reproductive medicine, the problem of MERS in the pregnant is very interesting. This short article presents and discusses on MERS in pregnancy.

[1] Hui DS, Perlman S, Zumla A. Spread of MERS to South Korea and China. Lancet Respir Med 2015; 3(7): 509-510.

[2] Dyer O. South Korea scrambles to contain MERS virus. BMJ 2015; 350: h3095.

[3] Payne DC, Iblan I, Alqasrawi S, Al Nsour M, Rha B, Tohme RA, et al. Stillbirth during infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. J Infect Dis 2014; 209(12): 1870-1872.

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10.1016/j.apjr.2016.04.006

*Corresponding author: Beuy Joob, Sanitation 1 Medical Academic Center, Bangkok, Thailand.

E-mail: beuyjoob@hotmail.com

Dear Editor, the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a serious corona virus infection. It was firstly reported from Saudi Arabia and presently spread to several countries. In the present month (June 2015), the big outbreak occurs at Korea and lead to the worldwide concern[1,2]. The infection mainly aff ect respiratory tract and the respiratory illness is the main manifestation. Patient can have severe respiratory distress and respiratory failure and can fi nally end up with death. There are several cases of MERS in any age groups. Also, the existence of MERS in the pregnant is also reported and this is an interesting topic in reproductive medicine[3]. Payne et al. recently reported stillbirth as a complication of MERS in the pregnant[3]. Due to the present emerging outbreak of Korean MERS, it is no doubt that pregnant can be infected and it should be the focused problem in reproductive medicine. Due to the lack of knowledge in this area, continuous research in this area is suggested.