Contact investigation for imported case of middle east respiratory syndrome, Germany

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 620-625

  Reuss, Annicka ^a   Litterst, Annette ^b   Drosten, Christian ^c   Seilmaier, Michael ^d   Böhmer, Merle ^a,e,f   Graf, Petra ^b   Gold, Hermann ^b   Wendtner, Clemens Martin ^d   Zanuzdana, Arina ^a   Schaade, Lars ^a   Haas, Walter ^a   Buchholz, Udo ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Department of Health and Environment ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

^e Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^f EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CAMEL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; PROCEDURES; SYNDROME; TRANSMISSION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CAMELS; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SYNDROME; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84896478368     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2004.131375     Document Type: Article

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