Acute Respiratory Infections in Travelers Returning from MERS-CoV–Affected Areas

Acute Respiratory Infections in Travelers Returning from MERS-CoV–Affected Areas

Matthew German, Romy Olsha, Erik Kristjanson, Alex Marchand-Austin, Adriana Peci, Anne-Luise Winter, Jonathan B. Gubbay

We examined which respiratory pathogens were identified during screening for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in 177 symptomatic travelers returning to Ontario, Canada, from regions affected by the virus. Influenza A and B viruses (23.1%) and rhinovirus (19.8%) were the most common pathogens identified among these travelers.

2015

Respiratory tract infections, Air travel, MERS, MERS-CoV, Middle East respiratory syndrome, travel

DOI: 10.3201/eid2109.150472

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine

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