Middle East Respiratory Syndrome - need for increased vigilance and watchful surveillance for MERS-CoV in sub-Saharan African Africa

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-79

  Zumla, Alimuddin ^a   Rustomjee, Roxana ^b   Ntoumi, Francine ^c   Mwaba, Peter ^d   Bates, Matthew ^d   Maeurer, Markus ^e   Hui, David S ^f   Petersen, Eskild ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c Fondation Congolaise Pour la Recherche Medicale   (Congo)

^d UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CORONAVIRIDAE INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDITORIAL; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; KOREA; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84936861568     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.06.020     Document Type: Editorial

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