Comparison of incubation period distribution of human infections with MERS-CoV in South Korea and Saudi Arabia

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Virlogeux, Victor ^a,b,c   Fang, Vicky J ^b   Park, Minah ^b   Wu, Joseph T ^b   Cowling, Benjamin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NEWBORN; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SAUDI ARABIA; SOUTH KOREA; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE INCUBATION PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992336139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep35839     Document Type: Article

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