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. 2014 Sep;20(9):1562-4.
doi: 10.3201/eid2009.140817.

Enhanced MERS coronavirus surveillance of travelers from the Middle East to England

Helen Lucy Thomas, Hongxin Zhao, Helen K Green, Nicola L Boddington, Carlos F A Carvalho, Husam K Osman, Carol Sadler, Maria Zambon, Alison Bermingham, Richard G Pebody

Enhanced MERS coronavirus surveillance of travelers from the Middle East to England

Helen Lucy Thomas et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Sep.

Abstract

During the first year of enhanced MERS coronavirus surveillance in England, 77 persons traveling from the Middle East had acute respiratory illness and were tested for the virus. Infection was confirmed in 2 travelers with acute respiratory distress syndrome and 2 of their contacts. Patients with less severe manifestations tested negative.

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