Zero transmission of middle east respiratory syndrome: Lessons learned from Thailand

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue , 2017, Pages S167-S170

  Wiboonchutikul, Surasak ^a   Manosuthi, Weerawat ^a   Sangsajja, Chariya ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Lessons; MERS CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Thailand; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; THAILAND; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; GLOBAL HEALTH; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; THAILAND;

EID: 85033472633     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix074     Document Type: Article

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