Surveillance and testing for middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, april 2015–february 2016

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 682-685

  Bin Saeed, Abdulaziz A ^a   Abedi, Glen R ^b   Alzahrani, Abdullah G ^a   Salameh, Iyad ^a   Abdirizak, Fatima ^b   Alhakeem, Raafat ^a   Algarni, Homoud ^a   El Ni, Osman A ^a   Mohammed, Mutaz ^a   Assiri, Abdullah M ^a   Alabdely, Hail M ^a   Watson, John T ^b   Gerber, Susan I ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; RESIDENT; SAUDI ARABIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85015731343     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2304.161793     Document Type: Article

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