Occurrence of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) across the Gulf Corporation Council countries: Four years update

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Aly, Mahmoud ^a   Elrobh, Mohamed ^b   Alzayer, Maha ^a   Aljuhani, Sameera ^a,c   Balkhy, Hanan ^a,c  

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

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OMAN; PREVALENCE; QATAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VIRUS DETECTION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85031280310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183850     Document Type: Article

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