Prevalence of comorbidities in cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus: A retrospective study

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 147, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Alqahtani, F Y ^a   Aleanizy, F S ^a   Ali El Hadi Mohamed, R ^b,c   Alanazi, M S ^d   Mohamed, N ^b,e   Alrasheed, M M ^a   Abanmy, N ^a   Alhawassi, T ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b PRINCESS NOURAH BINT ABDULRAHMAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sudan)

^d Ministry of Health   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPNEA; END STAGE RENAL DISEASE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85056197773     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268818002923     Document Type: Article

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