Combating the spread of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: Indian perspective

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 135-136

  Mishra, Baijayantimala ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CAMEL; CAMEL MILK; CORONAVIRIDAE INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEDGEHOG; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INDIA; INTERMEDIATE HOST; KIDNEY FAILURE; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOUTH KOREA; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS VIRULENCE; ZOONOSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 84969760935     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.176851     Document Type: Editorial

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