The Discoverer Of The Corona Virus

           
              The Discoverer Of The Corona Virus

   Ali Mohamed Zeki was a virus expert from the Faculty of Medicine at Ain Shams University. Ali was born on December 1, 1953 and successfully completed his studies at the University's Microbiology Department. Ali was the head of the hospital virus laboratory Dr. Soliman Fakeeh, Jedah, Saudi Arabia. Ali's main interest was in the field of molecular diagnosis of viral infections. In the professional organization of the virus expert, Ali's latest research was in the field of MERS Corona Virus. The Corona virus was identified in 2012 by Ali Mohamed Zeki.

    Ali initially got a call from a doctor at the hospital where he worked in mid June 2012. The doctor was working on a 60 year old patient who had severe pneumonia due to a virus. Ali was then given the task of identifying the type of virus. All the results of tests conducted by Ali showed negative results, so the sputum sample of the patient was then sent to the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam. While waiting for the results, Ali did another test which showed positive results. Test results show the virus comes from a family of pathogens called coronaviruses. A virus attack can cause a common cold, but can also cause SARS. Ali then told Erasmus to be vigilant. Erasmus test results confirmed the virus came from the coronavirus family. But the virus was different and has never been seen in the corona virus family before. The patient known to have MERS died 11 days after being admitted to the hospital. His health was getting worse with shorter breathing, organ failure, and could not be helped by a ventilator.

    Ali then returned to Egypt after the hospital lab where he worked was closed. Now Ali returns to his academic position as professor of microbiology at Ain Shams University. He hopes to have enough funds to build his own lab and research MERS and corona virus further. But if not, he wants to live quietly carrying out his daily academic responsibilities.