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. 2016 Nov;22(11):2020-2022.
doi: 10.3201/eid2211.161042. Epub 2016 Nov 15.

Exposures among MERS Case-Patients, Saudi Arabia, January-February 2016

Raafat F Alhakeem, Claire M Midgley, Abdullah M Assiri, Mohammed Alessa, Hassan Al Hawaj, Abdulaziz Bin Saeed, Malak M Almasri, Xiaoyan Lu, Glen R Abedi, Osman Abdalla, Mutaz Mohammed, Homoud S Algarni, Hail M Al-Abdely, Ali Abraheem Alsharef, Randa Nooh, Dean D Erdman, Susan I Gerber, John T Watson

Exposures among MERS Case-Patients, Saudi Arabia, January-February 2016

Raafat F Alhakeem et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: MERS; MERS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Saudi Arabia; camels; disease outbreaks; dromedary; infections; infectious disease transmission; respiratory infections; viruses.

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