Infectivity of an Asymptomatic Patient with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1457-1458

  Moon, Soo Youn ^a   Son, Jun Seong ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

asymptomatic; infection.; MERS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DYSPNEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NURSE; PATIENT ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHINORRHEA; SEROLOGY; SORE THROAT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH KOREA; TRANSMISSION; TRAVEL;

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; TRAVEL;

EID: 85019055712     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix170     Document Type: Article

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