Correlation between uptodate searches and reported cases of middle east respiratory syndrome during outbreaks in Saudi Arabia

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Thorner, Anna R ^a,b,c,d   Cao, Bin ^a   Jiang, Terrence ^a   Warner, Amy J ^a   Bonis, Peter A ^a,e  

^a WOLTERS KLUWER HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital disease detection; Epidemic intelligence; Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS); Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV); UpToDate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 85000347823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofw043     Document Type: Article

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