Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus — the same family of viruses that causes the common cold — called MERS-CoV. MERS-CoV was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012. Since then, it’s been reported in other countries in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia and the United […]
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IGA NEPHROPATHY
In many parts of the world, IgA nephropathy is the most common form of glomerulonephritis–a disease that damages the tiny filtering units of the kidney, called glomeruli. The damage caused by IgA nephropathy results from abnormal deposits of a protein called “IgA” in the glomeruli. One of the kidney’s most important jobs is to filter […]