Case definition and management of patients with MERS coronavirus in Saudi Arabia

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 911-913

  Madani, Tariq A ^a,b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Abdulaziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CASE MANAGEMENT; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; NOTE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEROPREVALENCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ALGORITHM; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908136217     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(14)70918-1     Document Type: Note

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