Spread of MERS to South Korea and China

The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 509-510

  Hui, David S ^a   Perlman, Stanley ^b   Zumla, Alimuddin ^c,d  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH KOREA; VIRUS MUTATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADULT; AGED; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84934306582     PISSN: 22132600     EISSN: 22132619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-2600(15)00238-6     Document Type: Note

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