Family Cluster of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infections, Tunisia, 2013

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Abroug, Fekri ; Slim, Amine ; Ouanes-Besbes, Lamia ; Kacem, Mohamed-Ali Hadj ; Dachraoui, Fahmi ; Ouanes, Islem ; Lu, Xiaoyan ; Tao, Ying ; Paden, Clinton ; Caidi, Hayat ; Miao, Congrong ; Al-Hajri, Mohammed Mohammed ; Zorraga, Mokhtar ; Ghaouar, Wissem ; BenSalah, Afif ; Gerber, Susan I.
• Corporate Authors:
  World Health Organization Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus International Investigation Team
• Description:
  In 2013 in Tunisia, 3 persons in 1 family were infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The index case-patient's respiratory tract samples were negative for MERS-CoV by reverse transcription PCR, but diagnosis was retrospectively confirmed by PCR of serum. Sequences clustered with those from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Coronavirus Infections Dispatch Family Fatal Outcome Female Genes, Viral Humans Male Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Phylogeny Sequence Analysis, DNA Serotyping Treatment Outcome

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 20(9):1527-1530.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Tunisia
• Location:
  Africa
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d32967362603d3cbe78e88a2d8c563dbe6dc955ffe907ab3914ebe1798e3e830
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/25494/cdc_25494_DS1.pdf
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