Transmission of middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus infections in healthcare settings, abu dhabi

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 647-656

  Hunter, Jennifer C ^a   Nguyen, Duc ^a   Aden, Bashir ^b   Al Bandar, Zyad ^b   Al Dhaheri, Wafa ^b   Abu Elkheir, Kheir ^b   Khudair, Ahmed ^b   Al Mulla, Mariam ^b   El Saleh, Feda ^b   Imambaccus, Hala ^c   Al Kaabi, Nawal ^c   Amin Sheikh, Farrukh ^c   Sasse, Jurgen ^c   Turner, Andrew ^c   Abdel Wareth, Laila ^c   Weber, Stefan ^c   Al Ameri, Asma ^d   Abu Amer, Wesal ^d   Alami, Negar N ^a   Bunga, Sudhir ^a   Haynes, Lia M ^a   Hall, Aron J ^a   Kallen, Alexander J ^a   Kuhar, David ^a   Pham, Huong ^a   Pringle, Kimberly ^a   Tong, Suxiang ^a   Whitaker, Brett L ^a   Gerber, Susan I ^a   Al Hosani, Farida Ismail ^b   more..

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Health Authority Abu Dhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Abu Dhabi Health Services Co   (United Arab Emirates)

^d SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; AGED; ANIMAL; CAMEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CAMELUS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84961210719     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2204.151615     Document Type: Article

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