Predictors of MERS-CoV infection: A large case control study of patients presenting with ILI at a MERS-CoV referral hospital in Saudi Arabia

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 464-470

  Mohd, Hamzah A ^a   Memish, Ziad A ^a,b   Alfaraj, Sarah H ^a   McClish, Donna ^c   Altuwaijri, Talal ^a   Alanazi, Marzouqah S ^a   Aloqiel, Saleh A ^a   Alenzi, Ahmed M ^a   Bafaqeeh, Fahad ^a   Mohamed, Amal M ^a   Aldosari, Kamel ^a   Ghazal, Sameeh ^a  

^a Ministry of Health ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; MERS CoV; Middle East Respirator Syndrome; Mortality; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; MORTALITY RATE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX; VIROLOGY; X RAY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAUDI ARABIA; THORAX; X-RAYS;

EID: 84991825012     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.09.008     Document Type: Article

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