Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, March 2016–March 2019

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Alzahrani, Abdullah ; Kujawski, Stephanie A. ; Abedi, Glen R. ; Tunkar, Safaa ; Biggs, Holly M. ; Alghawi, Nada ; Jokhdar, Hani ; Assiri, Abdullah M. ; Watson, John T.
• Description:
  During March 2016-March 2019, a total of 200,936 suspected cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection were identified in Saudi Arabia; infections were confirmed in 698 cases (0.3% [0.7/100,000 population per year]). Continued surveillance is necessary for early case detection and timely infection control response.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Child Child, Preschool Contact Tracing Coronavirus Infections Disease Outbreaks Female Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Middle Aged Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Population Surveillance Young Adult

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(7):1571-1574
• Pubmed ID:
  32568049
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7323557
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Saudi Arabia
• Location:
  Middle East
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  7
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0acf52ea087d6df05bc615f3e31269293ffe70c058af6c68aab436d1bc6d2cdb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/90197/cdc_90197_DS1.pdf
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