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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...
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...