Screening for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in hospital patients and their healthcare worker and family contacts: A prospective descriptive study

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 469-474

  Memish, Z A ^a   Al Tawfiq, J A ^b,c   Makhdoom, H Q ^a   Al Rabeeah, A A ^a   Assiri, A ^a   Alhakeem, R F ^a   Alrabiah, F A ^d   Al Hajjar, S ^d   Albarrak, A ^e   Flemban, H ^e   Balkhy, H ^f   Barry, M ^g   Alhassan, S ^h   Alsubaie, S ^g   Zumla, A ^a,i,j  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^e Prince Sultan Military Medical City ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

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

^g KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^h SECURITY FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Clinical; Coronavirus; Demographic; Diagnosis; MERS CoV; Middle East; Real time PCR; Sample type; SARS; Screening; Viral load

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING TEST; ADOLESCENT; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

CORONAVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901603718     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12562     Document Type: Article

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