Variations in Spike Glycoprotein Gene of MERS-CoV, South Korea, 2015

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Kim, Dae-Won ; Kim, You-Jin ; Park, Sung Han ; Yun, Mi-Ran ; Yang, Jeong-Sun ; Kang, Hae Ji ; Han, Young Woo ; Lee, Han Saem ; Man Kim, Heui ; Kim, Hak ; Kim, A-Reum ; Heo, Deok Rim ; Kim, Su Jin ; Jeon, Jun Ho ; Park, Deokbum ; Kim, Joo Ae ; Cheong, Hyang-Min ; Nam, Jeong-Gu ; Kim, Kisoon ; Kim, Sung Soon
• Description:
  An outbreak of nosocomial infections with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus occurred in South Korea in May 2015. Spike glycoprotein genes of virus strains from South Korea were closely related to those of strains from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. However, virus strains from South Korea showed strain-specific variations.
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Infections Cross Infection Dispatch Genetic Variation Humans Male Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 22(1):100-104.
• Pubmed ID:
  26691200
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4696701
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Republic of Korea ; Saudi Arabia
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:562cc93be3955ee7a9b08ad9c220d2ddbc83fbb42484c9d99c3870d3cbc74d9a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/37281/cdc_37281_DS1.pdf
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