Epidemiological characteristics of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak in the Republic of Korea, 2015

Chinese Journal of Endemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 836-841

  Xiang, Nijuan ^a   Lin, Dan ^a,b   An, Guangxu ^c   Sui, Haitian ^a   Yang, Zhiyong ^a,d   Li, Dan ^a   Zhao, Jian ^a   Ma, Tao ^a,e   Wang, Yali ^a   Ren, Ruiqi ^a   Zhang, Xinyan ^a,f   Ni, Daxin ^a   Zhang, Yanping ^a   Li, Qun ^a  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Fujian Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c Yanbian Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Zhuzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e Nanjing Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^f Jinzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Epidemiological characteristics; Middle east respiratory syndrome; Middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE FATALITY RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MULTICENTER STUDY; VIRUS STRAIN; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH KOREA;

AGED; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84956573931     PISSN: 10004955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-6450.2015.08.015     Document Type: Article

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