Imported case of MERS-CoV infection identified in China, may 2015: Detection and lesson learned

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 1-4

  Wu, J ^a,b   Yi, L ^c   Zou, L ^a,b   Zhong, H ^a,b   Liang, L ^a,b   Song, T ^a,b   Song, Y ^a,b   Su, J ^a,b   Ke, C ^a,b  

^a GUANGZHOU CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance   (China)

^c Guangdong Provincial Institute of Public Health   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBAVIRIN; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COUGHING; ENVELOPE GENE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; OPEN READING FRAME; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT ISOLATION; PROCEDURES; SOUTH KOREA; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; CHINA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CONTACT TRACING; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PATIENT ISOLATION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RNA, VIRAL; TRAVEL;

EID: 84932628105     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2015.20.24.21158     Document Type: Article

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