The first clusters of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Oman: Time to act | Zendy

Salah Al Awaidy | Zendy; Ali Abdullah Al Maqbali | Zendy; Iyad Omer | Zendy; Suad Al Mukhaini | Zendy; Mohammed Ali Al Risi | Zendy; Majed Sultan Al Maqbali | Zendy; Ali Al Reesi | Zendy; Mujahid Al Busaidi | Zendy; Fatma Hashim Al Hashmi | Zendy; Talib Khamis Al Maqbali | Zendy; Vidyanand Vaidya | Zendy; Elham Said Ahmed Al Risi | Zendy; A. Rashid | Zendy; Maryam Abdullah Hassan Al Beloshi | Zendy; Arash Etemadi | Zendy; Faryal Khamis | Zendy

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The first clusters of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in Oman: Time to act

Author(s) -

Salah Al Awaidy,

Ali Abdullah Al Maqbali,

Iyad Omer,

Suad Al Mukhaini,

Mohammed Ali Al Risi,

Majed Sultan Al Maqbali,

Ali Al Reesi,

Mujahid Al Busaidi,

Fatma Hashim Al Hashmi,

Talib Khamis Al Maqbali,

Vidyanand Vaidya,

Elham Said Ahmed Al Risi,

A. Rashid,

Maryam Abdullah Hassan Al Beloshi,

Arash Etemadi,

Faryal Khamis

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of infection and public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.983

H-Index - 35

eISSN - 1876-035X

pISSN - 1876-0341

DOI - 10.1016/j.jiph.2020.03.002

Subject(s) - middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus , case fatality rate , transmission (telecommunications) , cluster (spacecraft) , epidemiology , medicine , middle east respiratory syndrome , health care , environmental health , infection control , disease , covid-19 , coronavirus , pediatrics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , demography , intensive care medicine , pathology , economic growth , sociology , computer science , electrical engineering , economics , programming language , engineering

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), is an emerging infectious disease of growing global importance. This review describes the latest MERS-CoV clusters and the first cases of nosocomial transmission within health care facilities in Oman. We have highlighted lessons learned and proposed steps to prevent healthcare-associated infections.

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