Travel-related MERS-CoV cases: An assessment of exposures and risk factors in a group of Dutch travellers returning from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 2014

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fanoy, Ewout B ^a,b,c   Van Der Sande, Marianne A B ^a,d   Kraaij Dirkzwager, Marleen ^a   Dirksen, Kees ^e   Jonges, Marcel ^a   Hoek, Wim Vander ^a   Koopmans, Marion P G ^f   Werf, Douwe Vander ^g   Sonder, Gerard ^h   Weijden, Charlie Vander ⁱ   Heuvel, Jet Vander ^j   Gelinck, Luc ^k   Bouwhuis, Jolande W ^l   Gageldonk Lafeber, Arianne B Van ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c Public Health Service Southeast Utrecht   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e Metropolitan Public Health Service Haaglanden   (Netherlands)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g Public Health Service Ijsselland   (Netherlands)

^h DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

ⁱ Municipal Health Service Flevoland   (Netherlands)

^j Regional Public Health Service Hart voor Brabant   (Netherlands)

^k MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^l ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Epidemiology; Exposure; MERS; MERS CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEL MILK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUTCHMAN; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; MARKET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; THROAT CULTURE; TRAVEL;

EID: 84988462287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-11-16     Document Type: Article

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