Estimating the severity and subclinical burden of middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 183, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 657-663

  Lessler, Justin ^a   Salje, Henrik ^a   Van Kerkhove, Maria D ^b,c   Ferguson, Neil M ^b   Cauchemez, Simon ^c   Rodriquez Barraquer, Isabel ^a   Hakeem, Rafat ^d   Jombart, Thibaut ^b   Aguas, Ricardo ^b   Al Barrak, Ali ^d   Cummings, Derek A T ^a,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

burden; clinical symptoms; coronavirus; MERS; severity

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; INFANT;

SAUDI ARABIA;

CORONAVIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964579676     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv452     Document Type: Article

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