The search for therapeutic options for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)

Affiliations

¹ Intensive Care Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: arabi@ngha.med.sa.
² King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Infection Prevention and Control Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Stanley Ho Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
⁵ Center for Global Health, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
⁶ Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Department of Critical Care Medicine and Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada.

Editorial

Yaseen M Arabi et al. J Infect Public Health. 2016 May-Jun.

. 2016 May-Jun;9(3):213-5.

doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2016.03.004. Epub 2016 Mar 31.

¹ Intensive Care Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: arabi@ngha.med.sa.
² King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Infection Prevention and Control Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
³ Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Stanley Ho Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
⁵ Center for Global Health, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
⁶ Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Department of Critical Care Medicine and Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada.

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