Multiple choice

Which of the following diseases is characterised by flu-like symptoms and renal failure?

  1. SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)

  2. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

  3. Zika virus

  4. Measles
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Doctors describe MERS-CoV as a flu-like illness with signs and symptoms of pneumonia. Sufferers of MERS generally develop severe acute respiratory illness with symptoms like cough, fever, difficulty in breathing, chest pain, body ache, sore throat, malaise, headache, diarrhoea, runny nose, pneumonia and kidney failure.

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