Correction: Case characteristics among Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak and non-outbreak cases in Saudi Arabia from 2012 to 2015 (BMJ Open (2017) 7 (e011865) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011865);Case characteristics among Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus outbreak and non-outbreak cases in Saudi Arabia from 2012 to 2015

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Alhamlan, F S ^a,b   Majumder, M S ^a,b,c   Brownstein, J S ^d   Hawkins, J ^d   Al Abdely, H M ^e   Alzahrani, A ^e   Obaid, D A ^a   Al Ahdal, M N ^a,b   BinSaeed, A ^e  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NEWBORN; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAVEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; TRAVEL;

EID: 85009469607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011865corr1     Document Type: Erratum

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