Scientists have developed a strain of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) that could be used to develop a vaccine against the deadly pathogen. According to the World Health Organization, the virus has so far infected 114 and killed 54 people since September 2012. The team, from the Autonomous University of Madrid ("la Autónoma") in Spain, reports the achievement in a study published online this week in mBio...

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