First cases of middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-COV) infections in France, investigations and implications for the prevention of human-to-human transmission, France, May 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2013, Pages

  Mailles, A ^a   Blanckaert, K ^b   Chaud, P ^a   van der Werf, S ^c   Lina, B ^d   Caro, V ^e   Campese, C ^a   Guery B ^f   Prouvost, H ^a   Lemaire, X ^g   Paty, M C ^a   Haeghebaert, S ^a   Antoine, D ^a   Ettahar, N ^h   Noel, H ^a   Behillil, S ^c   Hendricx, S ^g   Manuguerra, J C ^e   Enouf, V ^d   La Ruche, G ^a   Semaille, Caroline ^a   Coignard, B ^a   Levy Bruhl D ^a   Weber, F ^a   Saura, C ^a   Che, D ^a   more..

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b Antenne Régionale de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomiales ARLIN   (France)

^c Sorbonne Paris Cité   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^h CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VALENCIENNES   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84879068277     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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