Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Outbreak in the Republic of Korea, 2015
Author(s) -
Seung-Woo Kim,
Tae Un Yang,
Yoolwon Jeong,
Jung Wan Park,
KeonJoo Lee,
Kyung Min Kim,
Jong-Seok Oh,
Yong-Shik Park,
Wonchoel Lee,
Jong Rak Jung,
Changhwan Lee,
Joonkee Lee,
Hosoon Choi,
WooSuck Suh,
DaeWon Kim,
Hoon Jo,
Min Soo Kim,
JungMo Ahn,
Kanghyoung Lee,
Sang Hyup Lee,
Seongil Park,
Kyu-Chul Lee,
Min Kim,
Jin Won Mo,
Daegwang Lee,
Up Huh,
Hyungmin Kee,
Jaejoon Kim,
Jae Young Cheon,
John Y. Kwon,
Eui Jun Lee,
Hyung Joo Lim,
Jiung Ryu,
Youngwoo Rhu,
Jungrae Cho
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
osong public health and research perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2233-6052
pISSN - 2210-9099
DOI - 10.1016/j.phrp.2015.08.006
Subject(s) - outbreak , medicine , index case , middle east respiratory syndrome , middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus , odds ratio , confidence interval , chills , pneumonia , incubation period , transmission (telecommunications) , sputum , epidemiology , pediatrics , attack rate , disease , virology , covid-19 , tuberculosis , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , biology , biochemistry , incubation , electrical engineering , engineering
The outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in the Republic of Korea started from the index case who developed fever after returning from the Middle East. He infected 26 cases in Hospital C, and consecutive nosocomial transmission proceeded throughout the nation. We provide an epidemiologic description of the outbreak, as of July 2015.
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