IJID: Differences in the seasonality of MERS-CoV and influenza in the Middle East

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[h=1]Differences in the seasonality of MERS-CoV and influenza in the Middle East[/h] Daihai He

, Alice P.Y. Chiu
, Qianying Lin
, Benjamin J. Cowling

Publication stage: In Press Accepted Manuscript
Open Access
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2015.09.012



Open access funded by the Author(s)

[h=2]Article Info[/h]

• Abstract

[h=2]Highlights[/h]

• ?We found that the first two major waves of weekly laboratory confirmations of MERS-CoV cases closely followed after the seasonal epidemic waves of influenza A in the Middle East.
• ?This finding is important to reveal the mechanisms under the seasonality of MERS-CoV in Middle East.

http://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(15)00222-2/abstract