By Daily Mail Reporter Health officials have confirmed a second U.S. case of a mysterious virus that has sickened hundreds in the Middle East. The latest case is not an American — he is a resident of Saudi Arabia, visiting Florida, who is now in an Orlando hospital. He was diagnosed with MERS, or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Sunday night. It is a respiratory illness that begins with flu-like fever and cough but can lead to shortness of breath, pneumonia and death. Scroll down for video Deadly: MERS belongs to the coronavirus family that also includes the common cold and SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome
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Second case of MERS detected in Orlando, Florida announces the CDC
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No details on the patient who contracted the virus not where they contracted it
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Described as 'imported' - which means that the patient became ill outside of the United States
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Comes days after first patient to fall ill with the virus was released from hospital in Indiana
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MERS stands for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
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The strange virus is incredibly lethal
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