High reproduction number of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in nosocomial outbreaks: mathematical modelling in Saudi Arabia and South Korea

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 162-168

  Choi, S ^a,d   Jung, E ^b   Choi, B Y ^a   Hur, Y J ^c   Ki, M ^d  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c Division of HIV and TB Control Korea Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^d National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Basic reproduction number; Epidemiology; Mathematical modelling; Middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Nosocomial infection; South Korea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SAUDI ARABIA; SOUTH KOREA; SOUTH KOREAN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BASIC REPRODUCTION NUMBER; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 85034221632     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.09.017     Document Type: Article

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