Original Article Risk of global spread of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) via the air transport network Lauren M. Gardner, PhD1,*, Abrar A. Chughtai, PhD2, and C. Raina MacIntyre, PhD2,3 1School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia and 2School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Australia, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia and 3College of Public Services and Community Solutions, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA *To correspondence should be addressed: Email: