Active screening and surveillance in the United Kingdom for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in returning travellers and pilgrims from the Middle East: A prospective descriptive study for the period 2013–2015

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 10-14

  Atabani, Sowsan F ^a   Wilson, Steven ^a   Overton Lewis, Clare ^a   Workman, Judith ^a   Kidd, I Michael ^b   Petersen, Eskild ^c,d   Zumla, Alimuddin ^b   Smit, Erasmus ^a   Osman, Husam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Mass gatherings; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV); Pilgrimage; Respiratory viruses; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; INFANT; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INFLUENZA A (H3N2); INFLUENZA B; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINOVIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS ETIOLOGY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIC; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA, HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOUTH KOREA; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H1N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINOVIRUS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84967188763     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.04.016     Document Type: Article

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