Guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis of middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Korea

Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 61-69

  Lee, Hyukmin ^a   Ki, Chang Seok ^b   Sung, Heungsup ^c   Kim, Sinyoung ^d   Seong, Moon Woo ^e   Yong, Dongeun ^d   Kim, Jae Seok ^f   Lee, Mi Kyung ^g   Kim, Mi Na ^c   Choi, Jong Rak ^d   Kim, Jeong Ho ^d  

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

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

^d Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Guideline; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus; Molecular diagnosis; Task force; The Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL ASPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE;

EID: 84969579980     PISSN: 20932340     EISSN: 20926448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3947/ic.2016.48.1.61     Document Type: Article

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