Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, 2017–2018

Hakawi, Ahmed; Rose, Erica Billig; Biggs, Holly M.; Lu, Xiaoyan; Mohammed, Mutaz; Abdalla, Osman; Abedi, Glen R.; Alsharef, Ali A.; Alamri, Aref Ali; Bereagesh, Samar Ahmad; Al Dosari, Kamel M.; Ashehri, Saad Abdullah; Fakhouri, Waad Ghassan; Alzaid, Saleh Zaid; Lindstrom, Stephen; Gerber, Susan I.; Asiri, Abdullah; Jokhdar, Hani; Watson, John T.

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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, 2017–2018

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November 17 2019
By Hakawi, Ahmed ; Rose, Erica Billig ; Biggs, Holly M. ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Hakawi, Ahmed ; Rose, Erica Billig ; Biggs, Holly M. ; Lu, Xiaoyan ; Mohammed, Mutaz ; Abdalla, Osman ; Abedi, Glen R. ; Alsharef, Ali A. ; Alamri, Aref Ali ; Bereagesh, Samar Ahmad ; Al Dosari, Kamel M. ; Ashehri, Saad Abdullah ; Fakhouri, Waad Ghassan ; Alzaid, Saleh Zaid ; Lindstrom, Stephen ; Gerber, Susan I. ; Asiri, Abdullah ; Jokhdar, Hani ; Watson, John T.
Description:

We characterized exposures and demographics of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus cases reported to the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health during July 1-October 31, 2017, and June 1-September 16, 2018. Molecular characterization of available specimens showed that circulating viruses during these periods continued to cluster within lineage 5.
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Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Child Coronavirus Infections/Epidemiology Coronavirus Infections/History Coronavirus Infections/Virology Disease Outbreaks Female Genome, Viral Genomics History, 21St Century Humans Male Middle Aged Phylogeny Population Surveillance Young Adult
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Emerg Infect Dis. 25(11):2149-2151
Pubmed ID:

31430248
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC6810214
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Journal Article
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Historical Article ; Letter
Place as Subject:

Saudi Arabia
Volume:

25
Issue:

11
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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