Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): Prevention in travelers

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 602-608

  Pavli, Androula ^a   Tsiodras, Sotirios ^c,d   Maltezou, Helena C ^b  

^a Travel Medicine Office   (Greece)

^b Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention   (Greece)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Imported cases; MERS CoV; Prevention; Travelers

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; REVIEW; SAUDI; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; CAMEL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; INFECTION CONTROL; PATHOGENICITY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84916598880     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2014.10.006     Document Type: Review

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