Interpreting Results From Environmental Contamination Studies of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

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. 2016 Oct 15;63(8):1142.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw478. Epub 2016 Jul 17.

Interpreting Results From Environmental Contamination Studies of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

Maria D Van Kerkhove¹, Malik J S Peiris², Mamunur Rahman Malik³, Peter Ben Embarek⁴

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¹ Center for Global Health, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France WHO MERS-CoV Task Force, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
² HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, University of Hong Kong.
³ World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Nasr, Egypt.
⁴ WHO MERS-CoV Task Force, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

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DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw478

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Interpreting Results From Environmental Contamination Studies of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus

Maria D Van Kerkhove et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2016.

. 2016 Oct 15;63(8):1142.

doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw478. Epub 2016 Jul 17.

Authors

Maria D Van Kerkhove¹, Malik J S Peiris², Mamunur Rahman Malik³, Peter Ben Embarek⁴

Affiliations

¹ Center for Global Health, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France WHO MERS-CoV Task Force, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
² HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, University of Hong Kong.
³ World Health Organization Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, Nasr, Egypt.
⁴ WHO MERS-CoV Task Force, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

PMID: 27432840
PMCID: PMC7108072
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw478

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Kim SH, Sung M, Min JY. Kim SH, et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Oct 15;63(8):1143-4. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw480. Epub 2016 Jul 17. Clin Infect Dis. 2016. PMID: 27432837 No abstract available.

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1. Ben Embarek P, Van Kerkhove MD. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): current situation 3 years after the virus was first identified. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2015; 90:245–50. - PubMed
1. Cowling BJ, Park M, Fang VJ, Wu P, Leung GM, Wu JT. Preliminary epidemiological assessment of MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea, May to June 2015. Eurosurveillance 2015; 20:7–13. - PMC - PubMed
1. Balkhy HH, Alenazi TH, Alshamrani MM et al. . Notes from the field: nosocomial outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome in a large tertiary care hospital—Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2015. MMWR 2016; 65:163–4. - PubMed
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1. Bin SY, Heo JY, Song MS et al. . Environmental contamination and viral shedding in MERS patients during MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea. Clin Infect Dis 2016; 62:755–60. - PMC - PubMed

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[1] Ben Embarek P, Van Kerkhove MD. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): current situation 3 years after the virus was first identified. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2015; 90:245–50. - PubMed

[2] Ben Embarek P, Van Kerkhove MD. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): current situation 3 years after the virus was first identified. Wkly Epidemiol Rec 2015; 90:245–50. - PubMed

[3] Cowling BJ, Park M, Fang VJ, Wu P, Leung GM, Wu JT. Preliminary epidemiological assessment of MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea, May to June 2015. Eurosurveillance 2015; 20:7–13. - PMC - PubMed

[4] Cowling BJ, Park M, Fang VJ, Wu P, Leung GM, Wu JT. Preliminary epidemiological assessment of MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea, May to June 2015. Eurosurveillance 2015; 20:7–13. - PMC - PubMed

[5] Balkhy HH, Alenazi TH, Alshamrani MM et al. . Notes from the field: nosocomial outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome in a large tertiary care hospital—Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2015. MMWR 2016; 65:163–4. - PubMed

[6] Balkhy HH, Alenazi TH, Alshamrani MM et al. . Notes from the field: nosocomial outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome in a large tertiary care hospital—Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2015. MMWR 2016; 65:163–4. - PubMed

[7] Kim SH, Chang SY, Sung M et al. . Extensive viable Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus contamination in air and surrounding environment in MERS outbreak units. Clin Infect Dis 2016; 63:363–9. - PMC - PubMed

[8] Kim SH, Chang SY, Sung M et al. . Extensive viable Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus contamination in air and surrounding environment in MERS outbreak units. Clin Infect Dis 2016; 63:363–9. - PMC - PubMed

[9] Bin SY, Heo JY, Song MS et al. . Environmental contamination and viral shedding in MERS patients during MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea. Clin Infect Dis 2016; 62:755–60. - PMC - PubMed

[10] Bin SY, Heo JY, Song MS et al. . Environmental contamination and viral shedding in MERS patients during MERS-CoV outbreak in South Korea. Clin Infect Dis 2016; 62:755–60. - PMC - PubMed

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