Risk factors for primary middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in camel workers in Qatar during 2013-2014: A case-control study

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 215, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1702-1705

  Sikkema, Reina S ^a   Farag, Elmoubasher A B A ^b   Himatt, Sayed ^b   Ibrahim, Adel K ^c   Al Romaihi, Hamad ^b   Al Marri, Salih A ^b   Al Thani, Mohamed ^b   El Sayed, Ahmed M ^a   Al Hajri, Mohammed ^b   Haagmans, Bart L ^a   Koopmans, Marion P G ^a   Reusken, Chantal B E M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Health   (Qatar)

^c Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; MERS CoV; Risk factors; Transmission; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CAMEL WORKER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CAMEL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; ZOONOSES;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAMELUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; QATAR; RISK FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 85029667796     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jix174     Document Type: Article

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