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Lack of Transmission among Close Contacts of Patient with Case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Imported into the United States, 2014

In May 2014, a traveler from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was the first person identified with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in the United States. To evaluate transmission risk, we determined the type, duration, and frequency of patient contact among health care pe...

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Main Authors: Breakwell, Lucy, Pringle, Kimberly, Chea, Nora, Allen, Donna, Allen, Steve, Richards, Shawn, Pantones, Pam, Sandoval, Michelle, Liu, Lixia, Vernon, Michael, Conover, Craig, Chugh, Rashmi, DeMaria, Alfred, Burns, Rachel, Smole, Sandra, Gerber, Susan I., Cohen, Nicole J, Kuhar, David, Haynes, Lia M., Schneider, Eileen, Kumar, Alan, Kapoor, Minal, Madrigal, Marlene, Swerdlow, David L., Feikin, Daniel R.
Format: Online Article Text
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4480394/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26079176
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2107.150054