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Fullest clinical report of Saudi MERS cases to date points to important differences with SARS

Saudi and UK scientists provide the most detailed picture yet of the clinical and laboratory characteristics of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus, revealing a wide range of clinical symptoms and an extremely high death rate among patients with co-existing medical conditions. The new research, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, also reveals some important differences with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

MERS Virus Update

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is an illness caused by a newly discovered virus in the same family as SARS. Most of the documented cases have come from Saudi Arabia, which has seen a 54 percent mortality rate in those patients. Martin Cetron, director of the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses the emerging virus.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us (Source: NPR Health and Science)

[Newsdesk] Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus conference

“Now is not the time to start raising the anxiety level about MERS”, said Brian McCloskey (Public Health England [PHE], London, UK), at a meeting on Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) organised by PHE in London on July 9. Of the 80 confirmed cases on the day of the meeting, all have occurred in or been linked to the Middle East, and the virus seems to be spreading slowly. The first case treated in the UK, a 49-year-old Qatari man, died in June after heroic efforts to save his live, including 231 days of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, reported Chris Langrish (Guy's and St Thomas', London). (Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases)

COPD linked to small vessel disease

Researchers have found that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is an independent risk factor for cerebral microbleeds, suggesting that the condition has effects on both large and small blood vessels. (Source: MedWire News - Respiratory)

Biomass smoke exposure as a serious health hazard for women.

Lung diseases caused by biomass exposure cause a significant health hazard particularly amongst women. The present study was designed to investigate biomass exposure in women suffering from lung disease.

Materials and Methods: A total of 100 women [mean (SD) age: 55.13 (17.65) years] hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis or interstitial lung disease were included in this study conducted between September 2008-March 2009 in three chest disease clinics at Sureyyapasa Chest Diseases and Chest Surgery Training and Research Hospital. Data collection on biomass exposure was based on application of hospital-based survey questionnaire including items on occupation, level of education, place of birth (location, region), exposure to biomass fuel fumes for heating and cooking purposes (animal dung, wood, charcoal, dried plant) and years of exposure with animal dung, wood, charcoal, dried plant.

Results: COPD in 22% patients, lung carcinoma in 12%, bronchitis in 8%, tuberculosis in 26%, and interstitial lung disease in 17% were the diagnosis for hospitalization. The most identified occupation was housewifery 86%. Active, former and non-smokers composed 6%, 22% and 72% of the population. Birth place was village in 67% patients while districts in 9%. According to regional distribution, the most common place of birth was Central Anatolia region in (29%). Exposure to biomass fuels was identified in all of patients including wood (92%), animal dung (30%), charcoal (23%), and dry plant (23%). Mean (SD) years of exposure was identified to be 52.6 (17.9) years for wood, 40.8 (17.9) years for animal dung, 48.1 (20.8) years for dry plant and 38.5 (21.4) years for charcoal. The most common type of biomass exposure was wood in village (97%), city (79%) and county (89%).

Conclusion: Findings indicating impact of biomass exposure in women seem to emphasize the need for analytic epidemiologic studies assessment measuring biomass exposure levels-particularly for women and young children.

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