Asymptomatic Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus infection using a serologic survey in Korea

Epidemiology and Health

Volumn , Issue 40, 2018, Pages

  Song, Yeong Jun ^a   Yang, Jeong Sun ^b   Yoon, Hee Jung ^c   Nam, Hae Sung ^d   Lee, Soon Young ^e   Cheong, Hae Kwan ^f   Park, Woo Jung ^b   Park, Sung Han ^b   Choi, Bo Youl ^g   Kim, Sung Soon ^b   Ki, Moran ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^b Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^c Autoimmune Pancreatitis Study Group   (South Korea)

^d Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic infection; Enzyme linked immunespecific assay; Epidemiology; Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus; Nosocomial infections; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 85047750221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20927193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4178/epih.e2018014     Document Type: Article

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