An unexpected outbreak of middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in the republic of Korea, 2015

Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 120-122

 

^a #512 Korea Business Center ^*  (South Korea)

^b Korea Animal Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Disease outbreaks; Middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Republic of Korea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTUBATION; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; MYALGIA; PNEUMONIA; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOUTH KOREA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84936948249     PISSN: 20932340     EISSN: 20926448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3947/ic.2015.47.2.120     Document Type: Article

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