2018 MERS coronavirus outbreak_ Implications for emerging viral infections

101 Pages·2018·1.83 MB·English

Accepted Manuscript

MERS coronavirus outbreak: Implications for emerging viral
infections

Awad Al-Omari, Ali A. Rabaan, Samer Salih, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq,
Ziad A. Memish

PII:
S0732-8893(18)30502-9

DOI:
doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2018.10.011

Reference:
DMB 14697

To appear in:
Diagnostic Microbiology & Infectious Disease

Received date:
21 July 2018

Revised date:
28 September 2018

Accepted date:
11 October 2018

Please cite this article as: Awad Al-Omari, Ali A. Rabaan, Samer Salih, Jaffar A. Al-
Tawfiq, Ziad A. Memish , MERS coronavirus outbreak: Implications for emerging viral
infections. Dmb (2018), doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2018.10.011

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MERS coronavirus Outbreak: Implications for Emerging Viral Infections

Awad Al-Omari1, Ali A. Rabaan ()2, Samer Salih3, Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq4, Ziad A. Memish5

1Critical Care and Infection Control Department, Dr. Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Group, and

Al-Faisal University, Riyadh. Saudi Arabia; 2Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Johns Hopkins

Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; 3Internal Medicine Department, Dr.Sulaiman Al-

Habib Medical Group, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 4Medical Department, Johns Hopkins Aramco

Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of

Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA; 5College of Medicine, Al-Faisal University, Riyadh, Saudi

Arabia.

Running Title: Implications for MERS outbreaks



Dr. Ali A. Rabaan

P.O. Box 76, Room 230, Building 62, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare,

Saudi Aramco, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia.

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