Transmissibility of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome by the Airborne Route

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1143-

  Oh, Myoung Don ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE VIRUS; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CORONAVIRIDAE INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KOREA; LETTER; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS;

EID: 84991000201     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw479     Document Type: Letter

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