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Identified Transmission Dynamics of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection During an Outbreak: Implications of an Overcrowded Emergency Department.
Clin Infect Dis. 2017 08 15; 65(4):675-679.CI

Abstract

A total 130 cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus were identified during a large hospital outbreak in Saudi Arabia; 87 patients and 43 healthcare workers. The majority (80%) of transmission was healthcare-acquired (HAI) infection, with 4 generations of HAI transmission. The emergency department was the main location of exposure.

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Alenazi TH
Infection Prevention and Control Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs. King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences.
Al Arbash H
Field Epidemiology Training Program, Ministry of Health.
El-Saed A
Infection Prevention and Control Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs. King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences.
Alshamrani MM
Infection Prevention and Control Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs. King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences.
Baffoe-Bonnie H
Infection Prevention and Control Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs.
Arabi YM
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Intensive Care Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Al Johani SM
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Department of Pathology, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hijazi R
Emergency Care Center, King Saud University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Alothman A
King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Division of Infectious Diseases, Depatment of Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Balkhy HH
Infection Prevention and Control Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs. King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences.

MeSH

AdultAgedAged, 80 and overContact TracingCoronavirus InfectionsCross InfectionDisease OutbreaksEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHealth PersonnelHospitalsHumansMaleMiddle AgedMiddle East Respiratory Syndrome CoronavirusProspective StudiesSaudi Arabia

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

28575307

Citation

Alenazi, Thamer H., et al. "Identified Transmission Dynamics of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection During an Outbreak: Implications of an Overcrowded Emergency Department." Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, vol. 65, no. 4, 2017, pp. 675-679.
Alenazi TH, Al Arbash H, El-Saed A, et al. Identified Transmission Dynamics of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection During an Outbreak: Implications of an Overcrowded Emergency Department. Clin Infect Dis. 2017;65(4):675-679.
Alenazi, T. H., Al Arbash, H., El-Saed, A., Alshamrani, M. M., Baffoe-Bonnie, H., Arabi, Y. M., Al Johani, S. M., Hijazi, R., Alothman, A., & Balkhy, H. H. (2017). Identified Transmission Dynamics of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection During an Outbreak: Implications of an Overcrowded Emergency Department. Clinical Infectious Diseases : an Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 65(4), 675-679. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/cix352
Alenazi TH, et al. Identified Transmission Dynamics of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection During an Outbreak: Implications of an Overcrowded Emergency Department. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 08 15;65(4):675-679. PubMed PMID: 28575307.
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