Exposures among MERS Case-Patients, Saudi Arabia, January-February 2016.

The article presents a study which examined exposure to and transmission of the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus (CoV) in Saudi Arabia between January and February 2016. The variables considered include exposure of humans to dromedary camels, exposure to friends or household members, travel and history of the patients. Several tests were made such as respiratory specimen sampling, real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays and genome sequencing.