‘Alī Muḩammad Zakī

Zaki diagnoosis Saudi Araabias esimest korda dengepalaviku ja eraldas 1995 uue puukidelt pärineva flaviviiruse (Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus), mis põhjustab osal inimestest Alkhurma hemorraagilist palavikku (Alkhurma Hemorrhagic Fever; AHF).

Professor Zakī avaldas septembris 2012 materjalid uue viiruseliigi tuvastamise kohta, mis praeguseks kannab nime respiratoorse sündroomiga Lähis-Ida koroonaviirus.

Professor Zakī arvas viiruse algselt paramüksoviiruste hulka. Zakī eraldas viiruse 13. juunil 2012 Dr. Soliman Fakeeh hospitali (Jiddah's) ravile võetud MERSi 0-patsiendi proovidest.^[1]

MERS-CoV põhjustab osal inimestest Lähis-Ida ägedat respiratoorset sündroomi.^[2][3]

• 2012. Novel coronavirus—Saudi Arabia: human isolate.. Int. Soc. Infect. Dis. ProMED-mail. 20. september 2012, 15:51:26
• koos V M Cormani, I Eckerle, T Bleickeri jt, DETECTION OF A NOVEL HUMAN CORONAVIRUS BY REAL-TIME REVERSE-TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION, Eurosurveillance, 17. väljaanne, nr 39, 27. september 2012
• koos Sander van Boheemeni, M.Sc., Theo M. Bestebroeri, B.Sc., Albert D.M.E. Osterhausi, D.V.M., Ph.D., ja Ron A.M. Fouchieriga, Ph.D., Isolation of a Novel Coronavirus from a Man with Pneumonia in Saudi Arabia, N Engl J Med 2012; 367:1814-1820, 8. november 2012, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1211721
• Zaki AM, van Boheemen S, de Graaf M, Lauber C, Bestebroer TM, Stalin Raj Victor, Osterhaus AD, Haagmans BL, Gorbalenya AE, Snijder EJ, Fouchier RA. 2012. Genomic characterization of a newly discovered coronavirus associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome in humans., mBio. 3:e00473.10.1128/mBio.00473-12, 20. november 2012

• Prof. Dr. Ali Mohamed Zaki
• Egyptian doctor loses job in Saudi Arabia for submitting letter to ProMED about new coronavirus NCoV, 24. märts 2013
• TARIQ A. AL MAEENA, Middle East coronavirus: No reward for man behind discovery, 8. juuni 2013