Evaluation of patients under investigation for MERS-CoV infection, United States, January 2013–October 2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1220-1223

  Schneider, Eileen ^a   Chommanard, Christina ^a   Rudd, Jessica ^a   Whitaker, Brett ^a   Lowe, Luis ^a   Gerber, Susan I ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILL; COUGHING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; MYALGIA; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84931354272     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2107.141888     Document Type: Article

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