id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-283586-o8m6xdra Spanakis, Nikolaos Virological and serological analysis of a recent Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection case on a triple combination antiviral regimen 2014-12-31 .txt text/plain 3276 156 42 Abstract Serological, molecular and phylogenetic analyses of a recently imported case of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Greece are reported. Although MERS-CoV remained detectable in the respiratory tract secretions of the patient until the fourth week of illness, viraemia was last detected 2 days after initiation of triple combination therapy with pegylated interferon, ribavirin and lopinavir/ritonavir, administered from Day 13 of illness. An upsurge of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection has been recently described in countries of the Arabian Peninsula resulting in exported cases from these countries to the European Union [1] . Published reports propose the use of known antivirals based on extrapolation of data from: (i) the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic that was also associated with the circulation of a novel coronavirus; (ii) in vitro data; (iii) animal experimental infections and therapy data; and (iv) limited clinical data for actual MERS-CoV infections [2] [3] [4] . ./cache/cord-283586-o8m6xdra.txt ./txt/cord-283586-o8m6xdra.txt