Health Care Worker Contact with MERS Patient, Saudi Arabia

Autor: Aron J. Hall, Jerome I. Tokars, Samar A. Badreddine, Ziad Bin Saad, Elaine Furukawa, Malak Al Masri, Lia M. Haynes, Susan I. Gerber, David T. Kuhar, Congrong Miao, Suvang U. Trivedi, Mark A. Pallansch, Rana Hajjeh, Ziad A. Memish
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 20, Iss 12, Pp 2148-2151 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid2012.141211
Popis: To investigate potential transmission of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) to health care workers in a hospital, we serologically tested hospital contacts of the index case-patient in Saudi Arabia, 4 months after his death. None of the 48 contacts showed evidence of MERS-CoV infection.
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