1. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in 3 Persons, South Korea, 2015.
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Yang JS, Park S, Kim YJ, Kang HJ, Kim H, Han YW, Lee HS, Kim DW, Kim AR, Heo DR, Kim JA, Kim SJ, Nam JG, Jung HD, Cheong HM, Kim K, Lee JS, and Kim SS
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- Coronavirus Infections epidemiology, Coronavirus Infections virology, Cross Infection transmission, Humans, Male, Middle East, Republic of Korea epidemiology, Coronavirus pathogenicity, Coronavirus Infections diagnosis, Cross Infection virology, Travel
- Abstract
In May 2015, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection was laboratory confirmed in South Korea. Patients were a man who had visited the Middle East, his wife, and a man who shared a hospital room with the index patient. Rapid laboratory confirmation will facilitate subsequent prevention and control for imported cases.
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- 2015
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