Family Cluster of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infections, Tunisia, 2013

In 2013 in Tunisia, 3 persons in 1 family were infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The index case-patient’s respiratory tract samples were negative for MERS-CoV by reverse transcription PCR, but diagnosis was retrospectively confirmed by PCR of serum. Sequences clu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Abroug, Fekri, Slim, Amine, Ouanes-Besbes, Lamia, Kacem, Mohamed-Ali Hadj, Dachraoui, Fahmi, Ouanes, Islem, Lu, Xiaoyan, Tao, Ying, Paden, Clinton, Caidi, Hayat, Miao, Congrong, Al-Hajri, Mohammed Mohammed, Zorraga, Mokhtar, Ghaouar, Wissem, BenSalah, Afif, Gerber, Susan I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4178422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25148113
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2009.140378
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Sumario:In 2013 in Tunisia, 3 persons in 1 family were infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The index case-patient’s respiratory tract samples were negative for MERS-CoV by reverse transcription PCR, but diagnosis was retrospectively confirmed by PCR of serum. Sequences clustered with those from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.

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