Lack of seasonal variation of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 27, Issue , 2019, Pages 125-126

  Al Tawfiq, Jaffar A ^a,b,c   Memish, Ziad A ^d,e,f  

^a DHAHRAN HEALTH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^d ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e Ministry of Health   (Saudi Arabia)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MERS; Middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; LETTER; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WINTER; ANIMAL; CAMEL; CLIMATE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAMELUS; CLIMATE; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 85061008479     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.09.002     Document Type: Letter

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