Evaluation of a Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) Assay for Detection of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Clinical Samples from an Outbreak in South Korea in 2015

In the period from September 2012 to April 2017, 1,936 laboratory-confirmed Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases, including 690 deaths, were reported from 27 countries ( ). Owing to the high virulence of MERS-CoV, there is an