Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus, Saudi Arabia, 2017–2018
Open Access
- 1 November 2019
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 25 (11), 2149-2151
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2511.190726
Abstract
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.Keywords
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