A cohort-study of patients suspected for MERS-CoV in a referral hospital in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Infection

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 378-379

  Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a,b   Alfaraj, Sarah H ^c   Altuwaijri, Talal A ^c   Memish, Ziad A ^c,d,e  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Saudi Arabia)

^d ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MORTALITY RATE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; THROAT CULTURE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT REFERRAL;

COHORT STUDIES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 85021857001     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.06.002     Document Type: Letter

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