Follow-up of Contacts of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus–Infected Returning Travelers, the Netherlands, 2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Mollers, Madelief ; Jonges, Marcel ; Pas, Suzan D. ; van der Eijk, Annemiek A. ; Dirksen, Kees ; Jansen, Casper ; Gelinck, Luc B.S. ; Leyten, Eliane M.S. ; Thurkow, Ingrid ; Groeneveld, Paul H.P. ; van Gageldonk-Lafeber, Arianne B. ; Koopmans, Marion P. ; Timen, Aura
• Corporate Authors:
  for the MERS-CoV Outbreak Investigation Team of the Netherlands
• Description:
  Notification of 2 imported cases of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in the Netherlands triggered comprehensive monitoring of contacts. Observed low rates of virus transmission and the psychological effect of contact monitoring indicate that thoughtful assessment of close contacts is prudent and must be guided by clinical and epidemiologic risk factors.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Child Contact Investigation Contact Tracing Coronavirus Infections Dispatch Female Follow-up Of Contacts Of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus–Infected Returning Travelers, The Netherlands, 2014 Humans IES-R Knowledge Male MERS-CoV Middle Aged Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Monitoring Netherlands PCR Perception Psychological Effect Respiratory Tract Infections Saudi Arabia Serology Surveys And Questionnaires Travel Viruses Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 21(9):1667-1669
• Pubmed ID:
  26291986
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4550153
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d96b7c8cd5a4590ad8b061a1b6ea22843a3d46186954f7fa7e1d712ae975423c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/33168/cdc_33168_DS1.pdf
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