Exportations of Symptomatic Cases of MERS-CoV Infection to Countries outside the Middle East

Exportations of Symptomatic Cases of MERS-CoV Infection to Countries outside the Middle East

Cristina Carias, Justin J. O’Hagan, Amy Jewett, Manoj Gambhir, Nicole J. Cohen, Yoni Haber, Nicki Pesik, David L. Swerdlow

In 2012, an outbreak of infection with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), was detected in the Arabian Peninsula. Modeling can produce estimates of the expected annual number of symptomatic cases of MERS-CoV infection exported and the likelihood of exportation from source countries in the Middle East to countries outside the region.

2016

Middle East, coronavirus, exportations, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, MERS-CoV, travel

DOI: 10.3201/eid2204.150976

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine

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