Hospital-associated Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1761-1762

  Harriman, Kathleen ^a   Brosseau, Lisa ^b   Trivedi, Kavita ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LETTER; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CORONAVIRUS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; NOTE; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 84886745705     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1311004     Document Type: Letter

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