Diagnostic delays in 537 symptomatic cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in Saudi Arabia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue , 2017, Pages 47-51

  Ahmed, Anwar E ^a  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Camel contact; Early diagnosis; MERS CoV; Saudi Arabia; Symptom onset

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CAMEL; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; SYMPTOM; WORKER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHILD; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CAMELUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85026639674     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.07.008     Document Type: Article

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