The Decision To Publish Gutierrez-Alvarez et al., "Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Gene 5 Modulates Pathogenesis in Mice".

The paper "Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus Gene 5 modulates pathogenesis in mice" by Gutierrez-Alvarez et al., in this issue of the Journal of Virology (1), demonstrates that the MERS-CoV accessory protein, Gene 5, also known as ORF5, plays a major role in MERS-CoV pathogenesis.….