Seroprevalence of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus among Healthcare Personnel Caring for Patients with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in South Korea

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1513-1514

  Lee, Ji Yeon ^a   Kim, Gayeon ^b   Lim, Dong Gyun ^a   Jee, Hyeon Gun ^a   Jang, Yunyoung ^b   Joh, Joon Sung ^a   Jeong, Ina ^a   Kim, Yeonjae ^b   Kim, Eunhee ^b   Chin, Bum Sik ^b  

^a National Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b National Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CORONAVIRIDAE INFECTION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SOUTH KOREA; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 85000774247     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2016.221     Document Type: Short Survey

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