Extensive Viable Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Coronavirus Contamination in Air and Surrounding Environment in MERS Isolation Wards

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 363-369

  Kim, Sung Han ^a   Chang, So Young ^b   Sung, Minki ^c   Park, Ji Hoon ^b   Kim, Hong Bin ^d   Lee, Heeyoung ^e   Choi, Jae Phil ^f   Choi, Won Suk ^g   Min, Ji Young ^b  

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

^b Institute Pasteur Korea   (South Korea)

^c Sejong University   (South Korea)

^d Department of Internal Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^f Seoul Medical Center   (South Korea)

^g Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

contamination; MERS; transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDEMIC; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ISOLATION HOSPITAL; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH KOREA; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84981288209     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw239     Document Type: Article

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