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Healthcare worker exposure to Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): Revision of screening strategies urgently needed

OBJECTIVES: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) continues to cause frequent hospital outbreaks in Saudi Arabia, with emergency departments as the initial site of the spread of this virus. METHODS: The risk of transmission of MERS-CoV infection to healthcare workers (HCWs) was ass...

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Autores principales: Amer, Hala, Alqahtani, Abdulrahman S., Alaklobi, Faisal, Altayeb, Juhaina, Memish, Ziad A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Infectious Diseases. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7110437/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29649550
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2018.04.001