When MERS became widespread, it was thought that existing SARS research could serve as a model for developing vaccines and drugs against MERS-CoV infection.
Wakati MARS ilianza kuenea, iliaminika kuwa utafiti uliopo wa SARS unaweza kutoa kiolezo muhimu cha kukuza chanjo na matibabu dhidi ya maambukizo ya MERS-CoV.