MERS-CoV outbreak following a single patient exposure in an emergency room in South Korea: an epidemiological outbreak study

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10048, 2016, Pages 994-1001

  Cho, Sun Young ^a   Kang, Ji Man ^a   Ha, Young Eun ^a   Park, Ga Eun ^a   Lee, Ji Yeon ^a   Ko, Jae Hoon ^a   Lee, Ji Yong ^a   Kim, Jong Min ^a   Kang, Cheol In ^a   Jo, Ik Joon ^a   Ryu, Jae Geum ^a   Choi, Jong Rim ^a   Kim, Seonwoo ^b   Huh, Hee Jae ^a   Ki, Chang Seok ^a   Kang, Eun Suk ^a   Peck, Kyong Ran ^a   Dhong, Hun Jong ^a   Song, Jae Hoon ^a   Chung, Doo Ryeon ^a   Kim, Yae Jean ^a   more..

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NEGATIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OXYGEN NASAL CANNULA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH KOREA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; CROWDING (AREA); DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; CROWDING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84989170515     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30623-7     Document Type: Article

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