Q.902

The world's health community has been following news of cases involving a potentially deadly virus in the Middle East. Many of the cases have originated from Saudi Arabia.

The virus has been compared to the one that causes SARS and belongs to the same family of viruses. This family gets its name from the Latin word for "crown" because of how they appear when viewed through an electron microscope. What's the name?

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Coronaviruses". A Guardian summary of this event is here.

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