Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): A cluster analysis with implications for global management of suspected cases

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 311-314

  Memish, Ziad A ^a,b   Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^c,d   Alhakeem, Rafat F ^a   Assiri, Abdullah ^a   Alharby, Khalid D ^a   Almahallawi, Maher S ^a   Alkhallawi, Mohammed ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clusters; Coronavirus; MERS CoV; Middle East; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSPNEA; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HEART DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NAUSEA; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SMOKING; SORE THROAT; VERY ELDERLY; WARD; YOUNG ADULT; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTACT TRACING; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84939575118     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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