Middle East respiratory syndrome

Arabi, Yaseen M.; Balkhy, Hanan H.; Hayden, Frederick G.; Bouchama, Abderrezak; Luke, Thomas; Baillie, J. Kenneth; Al-Omari, Awad; Hajeer, Ali H.; Senga, Mikiko; Denison, Mark R.; Nguyen-Van-Tam, Jonathan S.; Shindo, Nahoko; Bermingham, Alison; Chappell, James D.; Van Kerkhove, Maria D.; Fowler, Robert A.

Abstract

The Middle East respiratory syndrome is caused by a coronavirus that was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012. Periodic outbreaks continue to occur in the Middle East and elsewhere. This report provides the latest information on MERS.

Citation

Arabi, Y. M., Balkhy, H. H., Hayden, F. G., Bouchama, A., Luke, T., Baillie, J. K., Al-Omari, A., Hajeer, A. H., Senga, M., Denison, M. R., Nguyen-Van-Tam, J. S., Shindo, N., Bermingham, A., Chappell, J. D., Van Kerkhove, M. D., & Fowler, R. A. (2017). Middle East respiratory syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine, 376(6), 584-594. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMsr1408795

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 22, 2016
• Publication Date: Feb 9, 2017
• Deposit Date: Feb 9, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 9, 2017
• Journal: New England Journal of Medicine
• Print ISSN: 0028-4793
• Electronic ISSN: 1533-4406
• Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 376
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 584-594
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMsr1408795
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/846551
• Publisher URL: http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMsr1408795
• Contract Date: Feb 9, 2017