Unraveling the mysteries of middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1054-1056

  Watson, John T ^a   Hall, Aron J ^a   Erdman, Dean D ^a   Swerdlow, David L ^a   Gerber, Susan I ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOTE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SARS CORONAVIRUS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CAMEL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MORTALITY; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84900991538     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2006.140322     Document Type: Note

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