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Editor, Senior Moderator
Emerg Infect Dis
. 2020 Jul;26(7):1571-1574.
doi: 10.3201/eid2607.200437.
Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, March 2016-March 2019
Abdullah Alzahrani, Stephanie A Kujawski, Glen R Abedi, Safaa Tunkar, Holly M Biggs, Nada Alghawi, Hani Jokhdar, Abdullah M Assiri, John T Watson
Abstract
During March 2016-March 2019, a total of 200,936 suspected cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection were identified in Saudi Arabia; infections were confirmed in 698 cases (0.3% [0.7/100,000 population per year]). Continued surveillance is necessary for early case detection and timely infection control response.
Keywords: MERS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Saudi Arabia; coronavirus; respiratory infections; surveillance; testing; viruses; zoonoses.
. 2020 Jul;26(7):1571-1574.
doi: 10.3201/eid2607.200437.
Surveillance and Testing for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, March 2016-March 2019
Abdullah Alzahrani, Stephanie A Kujawski, Glen R Abedi, Safaa Tunkar, Holly M Biggs, Nada Alghawi, Hani Jokhdar, Abdullah M Assiri, John T Watson
- PMID: 32568049
- DOI: 10.3201/eid2607.200437
Abstract
During March 2016-March 2019, a total of 200,936 suspected cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection were identified in Saudi Arabia; infections were confirmed in 698 cases (0.3% [0.7/100,000 population per year]). Continued surveillance is necessary for early case detection and timely infection control response.
Keywords: MERS-CoV; Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus; Saudi Arabia; coronavirus; respiratory infections; surveillance; testing; viruses; zoonoses.