Scope and extent of healthcare-associated Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus transmission during two contemporaneous outbreaks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2017

OBJECTIVE: To investigate a Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak event involving multiple healthcare facilities in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; to characterize transmission; and to explore infection control implications. DESIGN: Outbreak investigation. SETTING: Cases presented i...

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Published in:Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
Main Authors: Alanazi, Khalid H., Killerby, Marie E., Biggs, Holly M., Abedi, Glen R., Jokhdar, Hani, Alsharef, Ali A., Mohammed, Mutaz, Abdalla, Osman, Almari, Aref, Bereagesh, Samar, Tawfik, Sameh, Alresheedi, Husain, Alhakeem, Raafat F., Hakawi, Ahmed, Alfalah, Haitham, Amer, Hala, Thornburg, Natalie J., Tamin, Azaibi, Trivedi, Suvang, Tong, Suxiang, Lu, Xiaoyan, Queen, Krista, Li, Yan, Sakthivel, Senthilkumar K., Tao, Ying, Zhang, Jing, Paden, Clinton R., Al-Abdely, Hail M., Assiri, Abdullah M., Gerber, Susan I., Watson, John T.
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Language:Inglês
Published: Cambridge University Press 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7108661/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30595141
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2018.290
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