Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in Asia: Lessons gleaned from the South Korean outbreak

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 541-542

  Lim, Poh Lian ^a,b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b LEE KONG CHIAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

South Korea; Asia; Emerging infections; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Outbreaks; Travel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CASE REPORT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NOTE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOUTH KOREA; SOUTH KOREAN; VIRUS PARTICLE; AGED; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; TRAVEL;

AGED; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MALE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TRAVEL;

EID: 84944063726     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trv064     Document Type: Note

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