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

Published Date:

Nov 2015

Source:

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

Language:

English

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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.

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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

Collection(s):

Emerging Infectious Diseases

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