Predicting the potential for within-flight transmission and global dissemination of MERS

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-

  Coburn, Brian J ^a   Blower, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LETTER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASLES; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SMALLPOX; SPACE FLIGHT; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE;

CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84892514640     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70358-X     Document Type: Letter

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