Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, March 2016–March 2019

During March 2016–March 2019, a total of 200,936 suspected cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection were identified in Saudi Arabia; infections were confirmed in 698 cases (0.3% [0.7/100,000 population per year]). Continued surveillance is necessary for early case detection an...

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Autores principales: Alzahrani, Abdullah, Kujawski, Stephanie A., Abedi, Glen R., Tunkar, Safaa, Biggs, Holly M., Alghawi, Nada, Jokhdar, Hani, Assiri, Abdullah M., Watson, John T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7323557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32568049
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2607.200437
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author Alzahrani, Abdullah
Kujawski, Stephanie A.
Abedi, Glen R.
Tunkar, Safaa
Biggs, Holly M.
Alghawi, Nada
Jokhdar, Hani
Assiri, Abdullah M.
Watson, John T.
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Kujawski, Stephanie A.
Abedi, Glen R.
Tunkar, Safaa
Biggs, Holly M.
Alghawi, Nada
Jokhdar, Hani
Assiri, Abdullah M.
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description During March 2016–March 2019, a total of 200,936 suspected cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection were identified in Saudi Arabia; infections were confirmed in 698 cases (0.3% [0.7/100,000 population per year]). Continued surveillance is necessary for early case detection and timely infection control response.
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spelling pubmed-73235572020-07-01 Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, March 2016–March 2019 Alzahrani, Abdullah Kujawski, Stephanie A. Abedi, Glen R. Tunkar, Safaa Biggs, Holly M. Alghawi, Nada Jokhdar, Hani Assiri, Abdullah M. Watson, John T. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch During March 2016–March 2019, a total of 200,936 suspected cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection were identified in Saudi Arabia; infections were confirmed in 698 cases (0.3% [0.7/100,000 population per year]). Continued surveillance is necessary for early case detection and timely infection control response. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7323557/ /pubmed/32568049 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2607.200437 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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Alzahrani, Abdullah
Kujawski, Stephanie A.
Abedi, Glen R.
Tunkar, Safaa
Biggs, Holly M.
Alghawi, Nada
Jokhdar, Hani
Assiri, Abdullah M.
Watson, John T.
Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, March 2016–March 2019
title Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, March 2016–March 2019
title_full Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, March 2016–March 2019
title_fullStr Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, March 2016–March 2019
title_full_unstemmed Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, March 2016–March 2019
title_short Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, March 2016–March 2019
title_sort surveillance and testing for middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus, saudi arabia, march 2016–march 2019
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7323557/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32568049
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2607.200437
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