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Article: Molecular Epidemiology of Hospital Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2014
Title | Molecular Epidemiology of Hospital Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2014 |
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Issue Date | 2015 |
Publisher | US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm |
Citation | Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015, v. 21, p. 1981-8 How to Cite? |
Abstract | We investigated an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) at King Fahad Medical City (KFMC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during March 29–May 21, 2014. This outbreak involved 45 patients: 8 infected outside KFMC, 13 long-term patients at KFMC, 23 health care workers, and 1 who had an indeterminate source of infection. Sequences of full-length MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV) from 10 patients and a partial sequence of MERS-CoV from another patient, when compared with other MERS-CoV sequences, demonstrated that this outbreak was part of a larger outbreak that affected multiple health care facilities in Riyadh and possibly arose from a single zoonotic transmission event that occurred in December 2013 (95% highest posterior density interval November 8, 2013–February 10, 2014). This finding suggested continued health care–associated transmission for 5 months. Molecular epidemiology documented multiple external introductions in a seemingly contiguous outbreak and helped support or refute transmission pathways suspected through epidemiologic investigation. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/221639 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 7.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.117 |
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dc.contributor.author | Fagbo, SF | - |
dc.contributor.author | Skakni, L | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chu, KW | - |
dc.contributor.author | Garbati, MA | - |
dc.contributor.author | Joseph, M | - |
dc.contributor.author | Peiris, JSM | - |
dc.contributor.author | Hakawi, AM | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-30T03:50:16Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-30T03:50:16Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015, v. 21, p. 1981-8 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1080-6040 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/221639 | - |
dc.description.abstract | We investigated an outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) at King Fahad Medical City (KFMC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during March 29–May 21, 2014. This outbreak involved 45 patients: 8 infected outside KFMC, 13 long-term patients at KFMC, 23 health care workers, and 1 who had an indeterminate source of infection. Sequences of full-length MERS coronavirus (MERS-CoV) from 10 patients and a partial sequence of MERS-CoV from another patient, when compared with other MERS-CoV sequences, demonstrated that this outbreak was part of a larger outbreak that affected multiple health care facilities in Riyadh and possibly arose from a single zoonotic transmission event that occurred in December 2013 (95% highest posterior density interval November 8, 2013–February 10, 2014). This finding suggested continued health care–associated transmission for 5 months. Molecular epidemiology documented multiple external introductions in a seemingly contiguous outbreak and helped support or refute transmission pathways suspected through epidemiologic investigation. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/index.htm | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Emerging Infectious Diseases | - |
dc.title | Molecular Epidemiology of Hospital Outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2014 | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chu, KW: dkwchu@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Peiris, JSM: malik@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chu, KW=rp02512 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Peiris, JSM=rp00410 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3201/eid2111.150944 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 26484549 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84944521075 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 256300 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 21 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1981 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 8 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000363601500012 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1080-6040 | - |