Pathogenesis of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Human coronaviruses ( CoVs ) mostly cause a common cold that is mild and self‐limiting. Zoonotic transmission of CoVs such as the recently identified Middle East respiratory syndrome ( MERS )‐ CoV and severe acute respiratory syndrome ( SARS )‐ CoV , on the other hand, may be associated with severe lower respiratory tract infection. This article reviews the clinical and pathological data available on MERS and compares it to SARS . Most importantly, chest radiographs and imaging results of patients with MERS show features that resemble the findings of organizing pneumonia, different from the lesions in SARS patients, which show fibrocellular intra‐alveolar organization with a bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia‐like pattern. These findings are in line with differences in the induction of cytopathological changes, induction of host gene responses and sensitivity to the antiviral effect of interferons in vitro when comparing both MERS‐CoV and SARS‐CoV . The challenge will be to translate these findings into an integrated picture of MERS pathogenesis in humans and to develop intervention strategies that will eventually allow the effective control of this newly emerging infectious disease. Copyright © 2014 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:235

Enthalten in:

The journal of pathology - 235(2015), 2, Seite 175-184

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

van den Brand, Judith MA [VerfasserIn]
Smits, Saskia L [Sonstige Person]
Haagmans, Bart L [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Antiviral Agents - therapeutic use
Coronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - drug therapy
Coronavirus Infections - pathology
Coronavirus Infections - transmission
Coronavirus Infections - virology
MERS
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus - drug effects
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus - isolation & purification
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus - pathogenicity
Pathology, Molecular - methods
Respiratory System - drug effects
Respiratory System - pathology
Respiratory System - virology
Respiratory tract
SARS
SARS Virus - isolation & purification
SARS Virus - pathogenicity
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - pathology
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - virology
Virology
Virology - methods

doi:

10.1002/path.4458

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1963519655