Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection during pregnancy: Report of two cases & review of the literature

Affiliations

¹ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Corona Center, Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Pediatric, Prince Mohamed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital ("PMAH"), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: alfarajsa@pmah.med.sa.
² Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: jaltawfi@yahoo.com.
³ College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Prince Mohamed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital ("PMAH"), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: zmemish@yahoo.com.

Review

Sarah H Alfaraj et al. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2019 Jun.

. 2019 Jun;52(3):501-503.

doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2018.04.005. Epub 2018 Jun 2.

¹ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Corona Center, Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Pediatric, Prince Mohamed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital ("PMAH"), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: alfarajsa@pmah.med.sa.
² Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Electronic address: jaltawfi@yahoo.com.
³ College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, Prince Mohamed Bin Abdulaziz Hospital ("PMAH"), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address: zmemish@yahoo.com.

No abstract available

Keywords: MERS-CoV; Pregnancy; Saudi Arabia.

Comment in

2019-nCoV epidemic: what about pregnancies?
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and COVID-19 infection during pregnancy.
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