A more detailed picture of the epidemiology of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 495-497

  Kayali, Ghazi ^a   Peiris, Malik ^b  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CAMEL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MORTALITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAMELS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 84928206646     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(15)70128-3     Document Type: Note

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