Healthcare worker exposure to Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): Revision of screening strategies urgently needed

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 71, Issue , 2018, Pages 113-116

  Amer, Hala ^a,b   Alqahtani, Abdulrahman S ^c   Alaklobi, Faisal ^c   Altayeb, Juhaina ^a   Memish, Ziad A ^d,e  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^c King Saud Medical City ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

^d ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HCWs; Isolation; MERS CoV; Quarantine; Saudi Arabia; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; SAUDI ARABIA; TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 85048726235     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2018.04.001     Document Type: Short Survey

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