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Nosocomial Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in a Large Tertiary Care Hospital - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2015
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Nosocomial Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in a Large Tertiary Care Hospital - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2015

Hanan Balkhy, Thamer Alenazi, Majid Alshamrani, Henry Baffoe-Bonnie, Hail Al-Abdely, Aiman El-Saed, Hussain Al Arbash, Zayid Al Mayahi, Abdullah Assiri and Abdulaziz bin Saeed
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vol.65(6), p.163
U.S. Center for Disease Control
19/02/2016

Abstract

Epidemics Hospitals Nosocomial infections Respiratory diseases
Since the first diagnosis of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) caused by the MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2012, sporadic cases and clusters have occurred throughout the country. During June-August, 2015, a large MERS outbreak occurred at King Abulaziz Medical City, a 1,200-bed tertiary-care hospital that includes a 150-bed emergency department that registers 250,000 visits per year.

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