Identifying determinants of heterogeneous transmission dynamics of the middle east respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak in the Republic of Korea, 2015: A Retrospective epidemiological analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Nishiura, Hiroshi ^a,b,c   Endo, Akira ^a   Saitoh, Masaya ^a,b,d   Kinoshita, Ryo ^a,b,c   Ueno, Ryo ^a   Nakaoka, Shinji ^a,b   Miyamatsu, Yuichiro ^a,b,c   Dong, Yueping ^a,b   Chowell, Gerardo ^e,f   Mizumoto, Kenji ^b,c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^e GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY CARE CENTER; SOUTH KOREA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; URBAN AREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; TRANSMISSION;

CONTACT TRACING; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84960370096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009936     Document Type: Article

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