Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, 2017-2018.

Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, 2017-2018. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Nov 17;25(11): Authors: Hakawi A, Rose EB, Biggs HM, Lu X, Mohammed M, Abdalla O, Abedi GR, Alsharef AA, Alamri AA, Bereagesh SA, Al Dosari KM, Ashehri SA, Fakhouri WG, Alzaid SZ, Lindstrom S, Gerber SI, Asiri A, Jokhdar H, Watson JT Abstract We characterized exposures and demographics of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus cases reported to the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health during July 1-October 31, 2017, and June 1-September 16, 2018. Molecular characterization of available specimens showed that lineage 5 predominated among circulating viruses during these periods. PMID: 31430248 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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