Health-care associate transmission of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona virus, MERS-CoV, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue , 2014, Pages 299-300

  Petersen, Eskild ^a   Pollack, Marjorie M ^b   Madoff, Lawrence C ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Consultant medical epidemiologist ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONA VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; RHINORRHEA; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 84916883737     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.10.001     Document Type: Editorial

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