Health Care Worker Contact with MERS Patient, Saudi Arabia

Aron J. Hall; Jerome I. Tokars; Samar A. Badreddine; Ziad Bin Saad; Elaine Furukawa; Malak Al Masri; Lia M. Haynes; Susan I. Gerber; David T. Kuhar; Congrong Miao; Suvang U. Trivedi; Mark A. Pallansch; Rana Hajjeh; Ziad A. Memish

doi:10.3201/eid2012.141211

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Health Care Worker Contact with MERS Patient, Saudi Arabia

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Health Care Worker Contact with MERS Patient, Saudi Arabia

Aron J. Hall, Jerome I. Tokars, Samar A. Badreddine, Ziad Bin Saad, Elaine Furukawa, Malak Al Masri, Lia M. Haynes, Susan I. Gerber, David T. Kuhar, Congrong Miao, …

Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.20(12), pp.2148-2151

01/12/2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2012.141211

PMCID: PMC4257796

PMID: 25418612

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Immunology

Infectious Diseases

Life Sciences & Biomedicine

Science & Technology

To investigate potential transmission of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) to health care workers in a hospital, we serologically tested hospital contacts of the index case-patient in Saudi Arabia, 4 months after his death. None of the 48 contacts showed evidence of MERS-CoV infection.

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Title: Health Care Worker Contact with MERS Patient, Saudi Arabia
Creators - without role: Aron J. Hall - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Jerome I. Tokars - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Samar A. Badreddine - Dr Soliman Fakeeh Hosp, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Ziad Bin Saad - Minist Hlth, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Elaine Furukawa - Minist Hlth, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Malak Al Masri - Minist Hlth, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Lia M. Haynes - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Susan I. Gerber - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
David T. Kuhar - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Congrong Miao - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Suvang U. Trivedi - United States Dept. of Energy
Mark A. Pallansch - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rana Hajjeh - Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Atlanta, GA 30329 USA
Ziad A. Memish - Minist Hlth, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Publication Details: Emerging infectious diseases, Vol.20(12), pp.2148-2151
Publisher: CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL
Number of pages: 4
Grant note: US Global Disease Detection Operations Center Outbreak Response Contingency Fund
Identifiers: 9913467408331
Academic Unit: Alfaisal University
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article