Novel coronavirus infections in Jordan, April 2012: Epidemiological findings from a retrospective investigation

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 12-18

  Hijawi, B ^a   Abdallat, M ^a   Sayaydeh, A ^a   Alqasrawi, S ^a   Haddadin, A ^b   Jaarour, N ^a   Alsheikh, S ^a   Alsanouri, T ^b  

^a Primary Health Care Administration ^*  (Jordan)

^b Ministry of Health   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COUGHING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JORDAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDITIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 84940313968     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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