Transmission and evolution of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Saudi Arabia: A descriptive genomic study

The Lancet

Volumn 382, Issue 9909, 2013, Pages 1993-2002

  Cotten, Matthew ^b   Watson, Simon J ^b   Kellam, Paul ^b,k   Al Rabeeah, Abdullah A ^f   Makhdoom, Hatem Q ^a   Assiri, Abdullah ^a   Aal Tawfiq, Jaffar ^c   Alhakeem, Rafat F ^a   Madani, Hossam ^a   AlRabiah, Fahad A ^a   Hajjar, Sami Al ^f   Al Nassir, Wafa N ^g   Albarrak, Ali ^h   Flemban, Hesham ^h   Balkhy, Hanan H ⁱ   Alsubaie, Sarah ^j   Palser, Anne L ^b   Gall, Astrid ^b   Bashford Rogers, Rachael ^b   Rambaut, Andrew ^d,e   Zumla, Alimuddin I ^a,k,l   Memish, Ziad A ^a   more..

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Ashworth Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^g KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^h The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

ⁱ KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^j KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; VITRONECTIN;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; SAUDI ARABIA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84890160752     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61887-5     Document Type: Article

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