Nosocomial outbreak of middle east respiratory syndrome in a large tertiary care hospital — Riyadh, saudi arabia, 2015

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 163-164

  Balkhy, Hanan H ^a   Alenazi, Thamer H ^a   Alshamrani, Majid M ^a   Baffoe Bonnie, Henry ^a   Al Abdely, Hail M ^b   El Saed, Aiman ^a   Al Arbash, Hussain A ^b   Al Mayahi, Zayid K ^b   Assiri, Abdullah M ^c   Saeed, Abdulaziz Bin ^c  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADULT; AGED; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAUDI ARABIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84959493612     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6506a5     Document Type: Article

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