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Middle East respiratory syndrome: what we learned from the 2015 outbreak in the Republic of Korea
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine ; : 233-246, 2018.
Article in English | WPRIM | ID: wpr-713550
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Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was first isolated from a patient with severe pneumonia in 2012. The 2015 Korea outbreak of MERSCoV involved 186 cases, including 38 fatalities. A total of 83% of transmission events were due to five superspreaders, and 44% of the 186 MERS cases were the patients who had been exposed in nosocomial transmission at 16 hospitals. The epidemic lasted for 2 months and the government quarantined 16,993 individuals for 14 days to control the outbreak. This outbreak provides a unique opportunity to fill the gap in our knowledge of MERS-CoV infection. Therefore, in this paper, we review the literature on epidemiology, virology, clinical features, and prevention of MERS-CoV, which were acquired from the 2015 Korea outbreak of MERS-CoV.
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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Pneumonia / Virology / Epidemiology / Disease Outbreaks / Coronavirus Infections / Coronavirus / Republic of Korea / Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / Korea / Middle East Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine Year: 2018 Type: Article

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Full text: Available Index: WPRIM (Western Pacific) Main subject: Pneumonia / Virology / Epidemiology / Disease Outbreaks / Coronavirus Infections / Coronavirus / Republic of Korea / Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus / Korea / Middle East Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine Year: 2018 Type: Article