West Hawaii Today | Illinois man found to carry antibodies to counter MERS West Hawaii Today This file photo provided by the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a colorized transmission of the MERS coronavirus that emerged in 2012. (AP Photo/National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases via The Canadian Press ... Illinois man tests positive for MERS antibodies, likely contracted virus from ... Illinois resident infected with MERS tests negative for ability to spread virus Mapping MERS as virus spreads globally |