1 A highly immunogenic and protective MERS-Coronavirus vaccine based on recombinant 1 MV vaccine platform 2 Anna H. Malczyka,b , Alexandra Kupkec,d,*, Steffen Prüfera,*, Vivian A. Scheupleina, Stefan 3 Hutzlera, Dorothea Kreuze, Tim Beissertf, Stefanie Bauere, Stefanie Hubich-Raug, Christiane 4 Tonderaa, Hosam Shams Eldinc,d, Jörg Schmidtc,d, Júlia Vergara-Alertc,d, Yasemin Süzera, Janna 5 Seifrieda, Kay-Martin Hanschmannh, Ulrich Kalinkei,k, Susanne Heroldl, Ugur Sahinf,g, Klaus 6 Cichuteka,b, Zoe Waiblerb,e, Markus Eickmannc,d, Stephan Beckerc,d, and Michael D. 7 Mühlebacha,b,# 8 9 Oncolytic Measles Viruses and Vaccine Vectors,a Novel Vaccination Strategies and Early 10 Immune Responses,e Biostatistics,h Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Paul-Ehrlich-Straße 51-59, Langen, 11 Germany; German Center for Infection Research, Langen, Germanyb; Institut für Virologie, 12 Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germanyc; Universities Gießen & Marburg Lung Center 13 (UGMLC), Department of Internal Medicine II, Section of Infectious Diseases, Gießen, 14 Germanyl; German Center for Infection Research, Marburg, Germanyd; TRON gGmbH, Mainz, 15 Germanyf; Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Mainz, Germanyg; Institute for Experimental Infection 16 Research, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture 17 between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, 18 Hannover, Germanyi; German Center for Infection Research, Hannover, Germanyk 19 #Address correspondence to Dr. Michael Mühlebach,