Healthcare worker exposure to Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): Revision of screening strategies urgently needed

Healthcare worker exposure to Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): Revision of screening strategies urgently needed

Objectives: Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) continues to cause frequent hospital outbreaks in Saudi Arabia, with emergency departments as the initial site of the spread of this virus. Methods: The risk of transmission of MERS-CoV infection to healthcare workers (HCWs) was ass...

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Main Authors: Hala Amer, Abdulrahman S. Alqahtani, Faisal Alaklobi, Juhaina Altayeb, Ziad A. Memish
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-06-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Screening
HCWs
Quarantine
Isolation
Saudi Arabia
MERS-CoV
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971218300833

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