Identified Transmission Dynamics of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection during an Outbreak: Implications of an Overcrowded Emergency Department

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 675-679

  Alenazi, Thamer H ^a,b   Al Arbash, Hussain ^c   El Saed, Aiman ^a,b   Alshamrani, Majid M ^a,b   Baffoe Bonnie, Henry ^a   Arabi, Yaseen M ^a,b   Al Johani, Sameera M ^a,b   Hijazi, Ra'Ed ^a   Alothman, Adel ^a,b   Balkhy, Hanan H ^a,b  

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

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

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

coronavirus; Middle East respiratory syndrome; outbreak; Saudi Arabia; transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; AGED; CONTACT EXAMINATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTACT TRACING; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 85026858871     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix352     Document Type: Article

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