The role of superspreading in middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) transmission

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 20, Issue 25, 2015, Pages 14-18

  Kucharski, A J ^a   Althaus, C L ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORONAVIRIDAE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOUTH KOREA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME;

EID: 84946207588     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.25.21167     Document Type: Article

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