A lesson learned from the MERS outbreak in South Korea in 2015

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 232-234

  Ha, Kyoo Man ^a  

^a Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HAND SANITIZER;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; KOREAN (PEOPLE); MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MORTALITY; NOTE; PANDEMIC; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RESIDENT; SOUTH KOREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CIVIL DEFENSE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

CIVIL DEFENSE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84958164756     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2015.10.004     Document Type: Editorial

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