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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Fagbo, Shamsudeen F. ; Skakni, Leila ; Chu, Daniel K.W. ; Garbati, Musa A. ; Joseph, Mercy ; ... More +
Fagbo, Shamsudeen F. ; Skakni, Leila ; Chu, Daniel K.W. ; Garbati, Musa A. ; Joseph, Mercy ; Peiris, Malik ; Hakawi, Ahmed M. ; Less -
Description:
We investigated an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) at King Fahad Medical City (KFMC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during March 29-May 21, 2014. This outbreak involved 45 patients: 8 infected outside KFMC, 13 long-term patients at KFMC, 23 health care workers, and 1 who had an indeterminate source of infection. Sequences of full-length MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV) from 10 patients and a partial sequence of MERS-CoV from another patient, when compared with other MERS-CoV sequences, demonstrated that this outbreak was part of a larger outbreak that affected multiple health care facilities in Riyadh and possibly arose from a single zoonotic transmission event that occurred in December 2013 (95% highest posterior density interval November 8, 2013-February 10, 2014). This finding suggested continued health care-associated transmission for 5 months. Molecular epidemiology documented multiple external introductions in a seemingly contiguous outbreak and helped support or refute transmission pathways suspected through epidemiologic investigation.
Subject:
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Coronavirus
Coronavirus Infections
Disease Outbreaks
Expedited
Health Care Workers
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease
MERS
MERS-CoV
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Molecular Epidemiology
Molecular Epidemiology Of Hospital Outbreak Of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2014
Mutation
Nosocomial Infection
Phylogeny
Research
Respiratory Infections
Respiratory Tract Infections
Saudi Arabia
Transmission
Viruses
Zoonoses
Molecular Epidemiology

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 21(11):1981-1988 ;
Pubmed ID:
26484549
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4622263
Document Type:
Journal Article ;
Funding:
HHSN272201400006C/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; HHSN272201500006C/PHS HHS/United States ;
HHSN272201400006C/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States ; HHSN272201500006C/PHS HHS/United States ; Less -
Place as Subject:
Saudi Arabia ;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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