Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in pediatrics: a report of seven cases from Saudi Arabia

Frontiers of Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 126-130

  Alfaraj, Sarah H ^a,b   Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^c,d   Altuwaijri, Talal A ^e   Memish, Ziad A ^b,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Health   (Saudi Arabia)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MERS CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; pediatrics; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045055928     PISSN: 20950217     EISSN: 20950225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11684-017-0603-y     Document Type: Article

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