Surveillance and public health response for travelers returning from MERS-CoV affected countries to Gyeonggi Province, Korea, 2016–2017

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 31, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Ryu, Sukhyun ^a,b   Kim, Joon Jai ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^b   Kim, Chulhee ^a  

^a Gyeonggi Provincial Government   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Korea; Middle east respiratory syndrome; Notification; Response; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; ISOLATION FACILITY; LETTER; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUARANTINE; REAL TIME REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH KOREA; TRAVEL; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; VIRUS GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENES, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TRAVEL;

EID: 85065841406     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: 18730442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.11.006     Document Type: Letter

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