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Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, April 2015–February 2016
Saudi Arabia has reported >80% of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases worldwide. During April 2015–February 2016, Saudi Arabia identified and tested 57,363 persons (18.4/10,000 residents) with suspected MERS-CoV infection; 384 (0.7%) tested positive. Robust, extensiv...
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367404/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28322710 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161793 |
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| author | Bin Saeed, Abdulaziz A. Abedi, Glen R. Alzahrani, Abdullah G. Salameh, Iyad Abdirizak, Fatima Alhakeem, Raafat Algarni, Homoud El Nil, Osman A. Mohammed, Mutaz Assiri, Abdullah M. Alabdely, Hail M. Watson, John T. Gerber, Susan I. |
| author_facet | Bin Saeed, Abdulaziz A. Abedi, Glen R. Alzahrani, Abdullah G. Salameh, Iyad Abdirizak, Fatima Alhakeem, Raafat Algarni, Homoud El Nil, Osman A. Mohammed, Mutaz Assiri, Abdullah M. Alabdely, Hail M. Watson, John T. Gerber, Susan I. |
| author_sort | Bin Saeed, Abdulaziz A. |
| collection | PubMed |
| description | Saudi Arabia has reported >80% of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases worldwide. During April 2015–February 2016, Saudi Arabia identified and tested 57,363 persons (18.4/10,000 residents) with suspected MERS-CoV infection; 384 (0.7%) tested positive. Robust, extensive, and timely surveillance is critical for limiting virus transmission. |
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| institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2017 |
| publisher | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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| spelling | pubmed-53674042017-04-07 Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, April 2015–February 2016 Bin Saeed, Abdulaziz A. Abedi, Glen R. Alzahrani, Abdullah G. Salameh, Iyad Abdirizak, Fatima Alhakeem, Raafat Algarni, Homoud El Nil, Osman A. Mohammed, Mutaz Assiri, Abdullah M. Alabdely, Hail M. Watson, John T. Gerber, Susan I. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Saudi Arabia has reported >80% of the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) cases worldwide. During April 2015–February 2016, Saudi Arabia identified and tested 57,363 persons (18.4/10,000 residents) with suspected MERS-CoV infection; 384 (0.7%) tested positive. Robust, extensive, and timely surveillance is critical for limiting virus transmission. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5367404/ /pubmed/28322710 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161793 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. |
| spellingShingle | Dispatch Bin Saeed, Abdulaziz A. Abedi, Glen R. Alzahrani, Abdullah G. Salameh, Iyad Abdirizak, Fatima Alhakeem, Raafat Algarni, Homoud El Nil, Osman A. Mohammed, Mutaz Assiri, Abdullah M. Alabdely, Hail M. Watson, John T. Gerber, Susan I. Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, April 2015–February 2016 |
| title | Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, April 2015–February 2016 |
| title_full | Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, April 2015–February 2016 |
| title_fullStr | Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, April 2015–February 2016 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, April 2015–February 2016 |
| title_short | Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, April 2015–February 2016 |
| title_sort | surveillance and testing for middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus, saudi arabia, april 2015–february 2016 |
| topic | Dispatch |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367404/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28322710 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161793 |
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