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. 2016 Feb 19;65(6):163-4.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6506a5.

Notes from the Field: Nosocomial Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in a Large Tertiary Care Hospital--Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2015

Hanan H Balkhy, Thamer H Alenazi, Majid M Alshamrani, Henry Baffoe-Bonnie, Hail M Al-Abdely, Aiman El-Saed, Hussain A Al Arbash, Zayid K Al Mayahi, Abdullah M Assiri, Abdulaziz Bin Saeed
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Notes from the Field: Nosocomial Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in a Large Tertiary Care Hospital--Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2015

Hanan H Balkhy et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
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Abstract

Since the first diagnosis of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) caused by the MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2012, sporadic cases and clusters have occurred throughout the country (1). During June-August, 2015, a large MERS outbreak occurred at King Abulaziz Medical City, a 1,200-bed tertiary-care hospital that includes a 150-bed emergency department that registers 250,000 visits per year.

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