Differences in the seasonality of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus and influenza in the Middle East
Author(s) -
Daihai He,
Alice P. Y. Chiu,
Qianying Lin,
Benjamin J. Cowling
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1878-3511
pISSN - 1201-9712
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.09.012
Subject(s) - outbreak , middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus , middle east respiratory syndrome , middle east , covid-19 , medicine , coronavirus , respiratory system , coronavirus infections , virology , geography , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , archaeology
Highlights • It was found that the first two major waves of weekly laboratory confirmations of MERS-CoV cases closely followed the seasonal epidemic waves of influenza A in the Middle East.• This finding is important to revealing the mechanisms behind the seasonality of MERS-CoV in the Middle East.
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