Middle East respiratory syndrome: SARS redux?

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 584-588

  Wortmann, Glenn ^a,b,c  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 84988258895     PISSN: 08911150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.82a.15097     Document Type: Review

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