Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus intermittent positive cases: Implications for infection control

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2019, Pages 290-293

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

^a Ministry of Health   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^f ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MERS CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Outbreak Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NASOPHARYNGEAL SWAB; NASOPHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS LOAD; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY;

CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NASOPHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 85055126102     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2018.08.020     Document Type: Article

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