No molecular evidence of MERS-CoV circulation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia between 2010–2012: A single-center retrospective study

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 390-393

  Alamoudi, Reem Jamal ^a   Azhar, Leena Esam ^b   Alamoudi, Dareen Hussein ^b   Alamoudi, Dena Hussein ^b   Tolah, Ahmed Majdi ^a   Alhabbab, Rowa Yousef ^a   Azhar, Esam Ibraheem ^a   Hashem, Anwar Mohammed ^a,b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b King Abdulaziz University   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Jeddah; MERS CoV; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ACUTE RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 85048271121     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.9523     Document Type: Article

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