Viral RNA in Blood as Indicator of Severe Outcome in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection
subject: real-time PCR, Prognosis, Blood, Viruses, coronavirus, Middle East respiratory syndrome
description: We evaluated the diagnostic and clinical usefulness of blood specimens to detect Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection in 21 patients from the 2015 outbreak in South Korea. Viral RNA was detected in blood from 33% of patients at initial diagnosis, and the detection preceded a worse clinical course.
creator: Seung-Jun Lee, Moon-Woo Seong, Sung Sup Park, Jeong-Sun Yang, So-Yeon Kim, Sung Soon Kim, Ga-Yeon Kim, Hyeon-Gun Jee, Sun-Jae Park, Jeesoo Lee, Ran-hui Cha, Yu Mi Jung, Sung Im Cho, Man Jin Kim, Soo Hyun Seo, Yeonjae Kim, Hyoung-Shik Shin, Sook Young Cho
source: Emerging Infectious Diseases
publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
date: 2016
identifier: DOI: 10.3201/eid2210.160218
coverage: Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine