By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - An international team of United Nations human and animal health experts has flown to Saudi Arabia to investigate a recent surge in cases of a deadly virus known as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS. Speaking from Riyadh on Friday, a spokeswoman for the World Health Organization-led team said it was worried by a steep rise in cases of MERS, which has infected some 50 people in the Kingdom in February alone -- one of the highest monthly rates since it first emerged in humans in 2102. "We are all very aware of this surge in cases," said the WHO's Fadela Chaib, one of an 11-strong international MERS expert team due to end a three-day mission by Saturday. "Although this is still a small outbreak compared to last year, we still need to understand more about what is happening." MERS is a respiratory disease that causes coughing, fever and breathing problems, and can lead to pneumonia and kidney failure.
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