Risk factors for transmission of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection during the 2015 outbreak in South Korea

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 551-557

  Kim, Seung Woo ^a   Park, Jung Wan ^a   Jung, Hee Dong ^a   Yang, Jeong Sun ^a   Park, Yong Shik ^a   Lee, Changhwan ^a   Kim, Kyung Min ^a   Lee, Keon Joo ^a   Kwon, Donghyok ^a   Hur, Young Joo ^b   Choi, Bo Youl ^c   Ki, Moran ^d  

^a Center of Infectious Disease   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^d National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; South Korea; Super spreading event; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; OPEN READING FRAME 1A GENE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85018160935     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw768     Document Type: Article

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