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

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

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 C...

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Veröffentlicht in:MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2016, Vol.65 (6), p.163
Hauptverfasser: Balkhy, Hanan H, Alenazi, Thamer H, Alshamrani, Majid M, Baffoe-Bonnie, Henry, Al-Abdely, Hail M, El-Saed, Aiman, Al Arbash, Hussain A, Al Mayahi, Zayid K, Assiri, Abdullah M, bin Saeed, Abdulaziz
Format: Report
Sprache:eng
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Epidemics
Hospitals
Nosocomial infections
Respiratory diseases
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:0149-2195
1545-861X