Additional file 2: Figure S2. of MERS coronavirus: diagnostics, epidemiology and transmission

MERS-CoV detections, age and sex pyramids. A) All MERS-CoV detections worldwide and B) those with fatal outcomes; C) The distribution of detections limited to the KSA cases only and D) those with a fatal outcome; E) The distribution resulting from the Jeddah-2014 outbreak, arbitrarily defined as spanning from the week beginning 17th March 2014 and ending in the week beginning 7th July 2014 and F) those with a fatal outcome; G) the distribution resulting from the South Korean-2015 outbreak and H) those with a fatal outcome; I) the distribution during the Riyadh-2015 outbreak and J) those with a fatal outcome; data are based on laboratory confirmed cases collated into the author’s curated line list as at 4th September 2015. Note the changed x-axis scale between A-D and E-J. Sources of these public data include the WHO, Ministries of Health and FluTrackers [206–208]. Earlier and subsequent versions of this chart are maintained on a personal blog [209]. (EPS 6702 kb)