Infection control measures for the prevention of MERS coronavirus transmission in healthcare settings

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 281-283

  Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a,b   Memish, Ziad A ^c  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE INFECTION ISOLATION PRECAUTION; CROWDING (AREA); EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSMISSION;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84958885341     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2016.1135053     Document Type: Editorial

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