Isolation of middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus from a patient of the 2015 Korean outbreak

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 315-320

  Park, Wan Beom ^a,b   Kwon, Nak Jung ^a   Choe, Pyoeng Gyun ^a   Choi, Su Jin ^b   Oh, Hong Sang ^a   Lee, Sang Min ^a   Chong, Hyonyong ^a   Kim, Jong Il ^a   Song, Kyoung Ho ^a   Bang, Ji Hwan ^a   Kim, Eu Suk ^a   Kim, Hong Bin ^a   Park, Sang Won ^a   Kim, Nam Joong ^a,b   Oh, Myoung Don ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea; Microscopy, electron; Middle east respiratory syndrome; Middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; CLASSIFICATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH KOREA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERO CELL LINE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; VERO CELLS;

EID: 84956657808     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.2.315     Document Type: Article

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