Identified Transmission Dynamics of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection During an Outbreak: Implications of an Overcrowded Emergency Department

Autor: Henry Baffoe-Bonnie, Ra’ed Hijazi, Sameera M. Al Johani, Aiman El-Saed, Yaseen M. Arabi, Adel Alothman, Hanan H. Balkhy, Thamer H. Alenazi, Hussain A. Al Arbash, Majid Alshamrani
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Microbiology (medical)
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
animal structures
Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus
Health Personnel
Saudi Arabia
coronavirus
030501 epidemiology
medicine.disease_cause
Disease Outbreaks
03 medical and health sciences
Health personnel
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Prospective Studies
Coronavirus
Aged
Aged
80 and over
Cross Infection
outbreak
business.industry
Transmission (medicine)
Middle East respiratory syndrome
transmission
Outbreak
virus diseases
Emergency department
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
humanities
Hospitals
Infectious Diseases
Emergency medicine
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Female
Brief Reports
Medical emergency
Contact Tracing
0305 other medical science
business
Coronavirus Infections
Emergency Service
Hospital
Contact tracing
Zdroj: Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
ISSN: 1537-6591
Popis: A total 130 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus were identified during a large hospital outbreak in Saudi Arabia; 87 patients and 43 healthcare workers. The majority (80%) of transmission was healthcare-acquired (HAI) infection, with 4 generations of HAI transmission. The emergency department was the main location of exposure.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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