MERS in South Korea and China: a potential outbreak threat?

Affiliations

¹ College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangdong, China.
² College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangdong, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
³ Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Immunity, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
⁴ CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Immunity, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
⁵ College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangdong, China; Key Laboratory of Comprehensive Prevention and Control for Severe Clinical Animal Diseases of Guangdong Province, Guangdong, China. Electronic address: shoujunli@scau.edu.cn.
⁶ CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Immunity, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China. Electronic address: beeyh@im.ac.cn.

Shuo Su et al. Lancet. 2015.

. 2015 Jun 13;385(9985):2349-50.

doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60859-5.

¹ College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangdong, China.
² College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangdong, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
³ Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Immunity, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
⁴ CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Immunity, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
⁵ College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangdong, China; Key Laboratory of Comprehensive Prevention and Control for Severe Clinical Animal Diseases of Guangdong Province, Guangdong, China. Electronic address: shoujunli@scau.edu.cn.
⁶ CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Immunity, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen, China. Electronic address: beeyh@im.ac.cn.

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