Middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus: Update for clinicians

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1686-1689

  Rasmussen, Sonja A ^a   Gerber, Susan I ^a   Swerdlow, David L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

coronavirus; infection control; MERS CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CORONAVIRIDAE INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

AFRICA, WESTERN; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930395004     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/civ118     Document Type: Article

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