Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, 2017–2018
Middle East respiratory syndrome, MERS, MERS-CoV, coronavirus infections, Respiratory viruses, Viruses
We characterized exposures and demographics of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus cases reported to the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health during July 1–October 31, 2017, and June 1–September 16, 2018. Molecular characterization of available specimens showed that circulating viruses during these periods continued to cluster within lineage 5.
Ahmed Hakawi, Erica Billig Rose, Holly M Biggs, Xiaoyan Lu, Mutaz Mohammed, Osman Abdalla, Glen R. Abedi, Ali A. Alsharef, Aref Ali Alamri, Samar Ahmad Bereagesh, Kamel M. Al Dosari, Saad Abdullah Ashehri, Waad Ghassan Fakhouri, Saleh Zaid Alzaid, Stephen Lindstrom, Susan I. Gerber, Abdullah Asiri, Hani Jokhdar, John T. Watson
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Infectious and parasitic diseases, Medicine