An atypical case of middle east respiratory syndrome in a returning traveler to Korea from Kuwait, 2018

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 33, Issue 53, 2018, Pages

  Bak, Song Lee ^a   Jun, Kang Il ^a   Jung, Jongtak ^a   Kim, Jeong Han ^a   Kang, Chang Kyung ^a   Park, Wan Beom ^a   Kim, Nam Joong ^a   Oh, Myoung Don ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Infection transmission; Korea; Kuwait; MERS CoV

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; VIRUS RNA;

BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KUWAIT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; SOUTH KOREA; SPUTUM; TRAVEL; VIROLOGY;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RNA, VIRAL; SPUTUM; TRAVEL;

EID: 85059255697     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2018.33.e348     Document Type: Article

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