Transmission among healthcare worker contacts with a Middle East respiratory syndrome patient in a single Korean centre

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2016, Pages e11-e13

  Kim, T ^a   Jung, J ^a   Kim, S M ^a   Seo, D W ^a   Lee, Y S ^a   Kim, W Y ^a   Lim, K S ^a   Sung, H ^a   Kim, M N ^a   Chong, Y P ^a   Lee, S O ^a   Choi, S H ^a   Kim, Y S ^a   Woo, J H ^a   Kim, S H ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOUTH KOREA; SURGICAL MASK; VENTILATOR; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS SHEDDING;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 84960477934     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2015.09.007     Document Type: Letter

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