Mortality Risk Factors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak, South Korea, 2015

As of July 15, 2015, the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare had reported 186 case-patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea. For 159 case-patients with known outcomes and complete case histories, we found that older age and preexisting concurrent health conditions were r...

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Autores principales: Majumder, Maimuna S., Kluberg, Sheryl A., Mekaru, Sumiko R., Brownstein, John S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4622268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26488869
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2111.151231
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author Majumder, Maimuna S.
Kluberg, Sheryl A.
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description As of July 15, 2015, the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare had reported 186 case-patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea. For 159 case-patients with known outcomes and complete case histories, we found that older age and preexisting concurrent health conditions were risk factors for death.
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spelling pubmed-46222682015-11-02 Mortality Risk Factors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak, South Korea, 2015 Majumder, Maimuna S. Kluberg, Sheryl A. Mekaru, Sumiko R. Brownstein, John S. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch As of July 15, 2015, the South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare had reported 186 case-patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome in South Korea. For 159 case-patients with known outcomes and complete case histories, we found that older age and preexisting concurrent health conditions were risk factors for death. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2015-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4622268/ /pubmed/26488869 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2111.151231 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Majumder, Maimuna S.
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Mekaru, Sumiko R.
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Mortality Risk Factors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak, South Korea, 2015
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title_full Mortality Risk Factors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak, South Korea, 2015
title_fullStr Mortality Risk Factors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak, South Korea, 2015
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title_short Mortality Risk Factors for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Outbreak, South Korea, 2015
title_sort mortality risk factors for middle east respiratory syndrome outbreak, south korea, 2015
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4622268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26488869
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2111.151231
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