Real-time characterization of risks of death associated with the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in the Republic of Korea, 2015

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mizumoto, Kenji ^a   Endo, Akira ^b   Chowell, Gerardo ^c,d   Miyamatsu, Yuichiro ^b,e   Saitoh, Masaya ^b,e,f   Nishiura, Hiroshi ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^f INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Case fatality ratio; Fatal outcome; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Risk factors; South Korea; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH KOREA; THERAPY DELAY; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84942609635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0468-3     Document Type: Article

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