Health-care associate transmission of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona virus, MERS-CoV, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Affiliations

¹ Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Departments of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address: eskildp@dadlnet.dk.
² Deputy Editor, ProMED-mail, Consultant medical epidemiologist, New York City, New York, USA.
³ Editor, ProMED-mail, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Editorial

Eskild Petersen et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2014 Dec.

. 2014 Dec:29:299-300.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.10.001. Epub 2014 Oct 22.

¹ Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Departments of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. Electronic address: eskildp@dadlnet.dk.
² Deputy Editor, ProMED-mail, Consultant medical epidemiologist, New York City, New York, USA.
³ Editor, ProMED-mail, Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Clinical aspects and outcomes of 70 patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection: a single-center experience in Saudi Arabia.
Saad M, Omrani AS, Baig K, Bahloul A, Elzein F, Matin MA, Selim MA, Al Mutairi M, Al Nakhli D, Al Aidaroos AY, Al Sherbeeni N, Al-Khashan HI, Memish ZA, Albarrak AM. Saad M, et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2014 Dec;29:301-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.09.003. Epub 2014 Oct 7. Int J Infect Dis. 2014. PMID: 25303830 Free PMC article.

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