Extensive Viable Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Coronavirus Contamination in Air and Surrounding Environment in MERS Isolation Wards

Kim, Sung‐Han; Young Chang, So; Sung, Minki; Hoon Park, Ji; Bin Kim, Hong; Lee, Hee-Young; Choi, Jae‐Phil; Suk Choi, Won; Min, Ji-Young

doi:10.1093/cid/ciw239

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Extensive Viable Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Coronavirus Contamination in Air and Surrounding Environment in MERS Isolation Wards

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Apr 18, 2016

Authors:

Sung‐Han Kim

So Young Chang

Minki Sung

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The largest outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outside the Middle East occurred in South Korea in 2015 and resulted in 186 laboratory-confirmed infections, including 36 (19%) deaths. Some hospitals were considered epicenters of infection and voluntarily s...

Subject

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

Outbreak

Middle East respiratory syndrome

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