noun
Middle East respiratory syndrome; MERS
Medical term for the viral respiratory illness first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012. Often referred to by the abbreviation MERS.
中東呼吸器症候群は、2012年に初めて確認されたウイルス性の病気です。
Middle East respiratory syndrome is a viral illness first identified in 2012.
中東呼吸器症候群の感染者数は、中東地域を中心に報告されています。
Cases of MERS have been reported mainly in the Middle East region.
SARS, another coronavirus-related respiratory illness, but caused by a different virus and with a different geographic origin.
COVID-19, a more recent and widespread coronavirus disease, distinct from MERS.
A compound of 中東 (Middle East), 呼吸器 (respiratory organs), and 症候群 (syndrome), directly translating the English medical term.