MERS-CoV infection among healthcare workers and risk factors for death: Retrospective analysis of all laboratory-confirmed cases reported to WHO from 2012 to 2 June 2018

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 418-422

  Elkholy, Amgad A ^a   Grant, Rebecca ^a,b   Assiri, Abdullah ^c   Elhakim, Mohamed ^a   Malik, Mamunur R ^a   Van Kerkhove, Maria D ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Infection prevention and control; MERS CoV; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CASE FATALITY RATE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SECONDARY INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LABORATORY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ADULT; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; LABORATORIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85064944234     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2019.04.011     Document Type: Article

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