Laboratory testing for middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus, California, USA, 2013–2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1664-1666

  Shahkarami, Mahtab ^a   Yen, Cynthia ^a   Glaser, Carol ^a   Xia, Dongxiang ^a   Watt, James ^a   Wadford, Debra A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; HUMAN RHINOVIRUS; IMPORT DISEASE; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA VIRUS B; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MYCOPLASMA; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE EAST; TRAVEL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84939529527     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2109.150476     Document Type: Article

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