Acute Respiratory Infections in Travelers Returning from MERS-CoV–Affected Areas

German, Matthew; Olsha, Romy; Kristjanson, Erik; Marchand-Austin, Alex; Peci, Adriana; Winter, Anne-Luise; Gubbay, Jonathan B.

doi:10.3201/eid2109.150472

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Acute Respiratory Infections in Travelers Returning from MERS-CoV–Affected Areas

Published Date:

Sep 2015

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2109.150472 New Site Icon

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Emerg Infect Dis. 21(9):1654-1656.

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German, Matthew ; Olsha, Romy ; Kristjanson, Erik ; Marchand-Austin, Alex ; Peci, Adriana ; ... More ▼

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Pubmed ID:

26291541

Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4550174

Description:

We examined which respiratory pathogens were identified during screening for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in 177 symptomatic travelers returning to Ontario, Canada, from regions affected by the virus. Influenza A and B viruses (23.1%) and rhinovirus (19.8%) were the most common pathogens identified among these travelers.

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