Mortality Risk Factors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak, South Korea, 2015

Majumder, Maimuna S.; Kluberg, Sheryl A.; Mekaru, Sumiko R.; Brownstein, John S.

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Mortality Risk Factors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak, South Korea, 2015

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Nov 2015
By Majumder, Maimuna S. ; Kluberg, Sheryl A. ; Mekaru, Sumiko R. ; ...

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Alternative Title:

Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Majumder, Maimuna S. ; Kluberg, Sheryl A. ; Mekaru, Sumiko R. ; Brownstein, John S.
Description:

As of July 15, 2015, the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare had reported 186 case-patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea. For 159 case-patients with known outcomes and complete case histories, we found that older age and preexisting concurrent health conditions were risk factors for death.
Subjects:

Adult Aged Coronavirus Infections Cross Infection Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Expedited Female Humans Male Middle Aged Public Health Risk Factors
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 21(11):2088-2090
Pubmed ID:

26488869
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4622268
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

R01 LM010812/LM/NLM NIH HHS/United States ; R01LM010812/LM/NLM NIH HHS/United States
Place as Subject:

Republic of Korea
Location:

Asia
Volume:

21
Issue:

11
Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:c7530efa58af53c5e3a8567964601d113bcf79e46121cc26ac72f6d3358f98a9
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/35561/cdc_35561_DS1.pdf
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