Evaluation of visual triage for screening of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus patients

New Microbes and New Infections

Volumn 26, Issue , 2018, Pages 49-52

  Alfaraj, S H ^a,d   Al Tawfiq, J A ^c,e,f   Gautret, P ^g   Alenazi, M G ^a   Asiri, A Y ^a   Memish, Z A ^a,b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS CoV); Saudi Arabia; Scoring; Visual triage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE SCORE;

EID: 85053218388     PISSN: 20522975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2018.08.008     Document Type: Article

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