A case of imported Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus infection and public health response, Greece, April 2014

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2014, Pages

  Tsiodras, S ^a,b   Baka, A ^a   Mentis, A ^c   Iliopoulos, D ^a   Dedoukou, X ^a   Papamavrou, G ^a   Karadima, S ^a   Emmanouil, M ^c   Kossyvakis, A ^c   Spanakis, N ^b   Pavli, A ^a   Maltezou, H ^a   Karageorgou, A ^d   Spala, G ^a   Pitiriga, V ^b   Kosmas, E ^e   Tsiagklis, S ^e   Gkatzias, S ^e   Koulouris, N G ^b   Koutsoukou, A ^b   Bakakos, P ^b   Markozanhs, E ^b   Dionellis, G ^b   Pontikis, K ^b   Rovina, N ^b   Kyriakopoulou, M ^b   Efstathiou, P ^d   Papadimitriou, T ^a   Kremastinou, J ^a   Tsakris, A ^b   Saroglou, G ^a,e   more..

^a Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^d National Health Operations Centre   (Greece)

^e METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMONIA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 84899656036     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.16.20782     Document Type: Article

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