Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, and Death among 32 Patients with MERS-CoV Infection, Saudi Arabia

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Alanazi, Khalid H. ; Abedi, Glen R. ; Midgley, Claire M. ; Alkhamis, Abdulrahim ; Alsaqer, Taghreed ; Almoaddi, Abdullah ; Algwizani, Abdullah ; Ghazal, Sameeh S. ; Assiri, Abdullah M. ; Jokhdar, Hani ; Gerber, Susan I. ; Alabdely, Hail ; Watson, John T.
• Description:
  Diabetes mellitus and hypertension are recognized risk factors for severe clinical outcomes, including death, associated with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection. Among 32 virus-infected patients in Saudi Arabia, severity of illness and frequency of death corresponded closely with presence of multiple and more severe underlying conditions.
• Subjects:
  Adult Coronavirus Infections Diabetes Mellitus Humans Hypertension Middle Aged Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Retrognathia Risk Factors
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(1):166-168
• Pubmed ID:
  31855530
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6924889
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Letter
• Place as Subject:
  Saudi Arabia
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:2d5465b3ca27b932b6aa1f8d94de09a147d9234d5c674ee78c76da51438f7431
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/83896/cdc_83896_DS1.pdf
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