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Family Cluster of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infections, Tunisia, 2013

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Source: http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/9/14-0378_article


CDC EID journalS eptember 2014
Volume 20, Number 9?September 2014
Dispatch
Family Cluster of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infections, Tunisia, 2013


Fekri AbrougComments to Author , Amine Slim, Lamia Ouanes-Besbes, Mohamed-Ali Hadj Kacem, Fahmi Dachraoui, Islem Ouanes, Xiaoyan Lu, Ying Tao, Clinton Paden, Hayat Caidi, Congrong Miao, Mohammed Mohammed Al-Hajri, Mokhtar Zorraga, Wissem Ghaouar, Afif BenSalah, Susan I. Gerber, and World Health Organization Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus International Investigation Team
Author affiliations: Centre Hospitalier-Universitaire Fattouma Bourguiba, Monastir, Tunisia (F. Abroug, L. Ouanes-Besbes, F. Dachraoui, I. Ouanes); Centre Hospitalier-Universitaire Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisia (A. Slim, M.-A. Hadj Kacem); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (X. Lu, Y. Tao, C. Paden, H. Caidi, C. Miao, S.I. Gerber); Supreme Council of Health, State of Qatar (M. Mohammed Al-Hajri); Direction des Soins de Sant? de Base, Tunis (M. Zorraga, W. Ghaouar, A. BenSalah)

Abstract

In 2013 in Tunisia, 3 persons in 1 family were infected with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV). The index case-patient?s respiratory tract samples were negative for MERS-CoV by reverse transcription PCR, but diagnosis was retrospectively confirmed by PCR of serum. Sequences clustered with those from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates...
 
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