2015 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) nosocomial outbreak in South Korea: Insights from modeling

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Volumn 2015, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Hsieh, Ying Hen ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Mathematical model; MERS CoV; Nosocomial infection; Outbreak turning point; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MORBIDITY; PHENOMENOLOGY; RICHARDS MODEL; SOUTH KOREA; VIROGENESIS; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84951097363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1505     Document Type: Article

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