Be vigilant: New MERS-CoV outbreaks can occur in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Affiliations

¹ Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Sina Hospital, Hassan Abad Square, Imam Khomeini Avenue, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: psalamati@tums.ac.ir.
² Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Pour Sina Street, Ghods Avenue, Enghelab Avenue, Tehran, Iran.

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Payman Salamati et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2015 May-Jun.

. 2015 May-Jun;13(3):269-70.

doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2015.03.013. Epub 2015 Apr 3.

¹ Sina Trauma and Surgery Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Sina Hospital, Hassan Abad Square, Imam Khomeini Avenue, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: psalamati@tums.ac.ir.
² Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Pour Sina Street, Ghods Avenue, Enghelab Avenue, Tehran, Iran.

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