Association of higher MERS-CoV virus load with severe disease and death, Saudi Arabia, 2014

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2029-2035

  Feikin, Daniel R ^a   Alraddadi, Basem ^b,c   Qutub, Mohammed ^b,c   Shabouni, Omaima ^b   Curns, Aaron ^a   Oboho, Ikwo K ^a   Tomczyk, Sara M ^a   Wolff, Bernard ^a   Watson, John T ^a   Madani, Tariq A ^b,d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRUS LOAD; AGED; CORONAVIRIDAE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84944556317     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2111.150764     Document Type: Article

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